vegetative

Example Sentences

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In a landmark ruling, India's Supreme Court has allowed the removal of life support of a 31-year-old man who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Schiavo was considered by doctors to be in a persistent vegetative state after her brain was deprived of oxygen.

From Slate • Dec. 8, 2025

Freeborn said two years of relatively heavy rainfall had spurred thick vegetative growth that has now dried and become ample fuel for wildfire.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 20, 2024

Unlike fungal spores, which serve a reproductive role, bacterial spores have a protective protein shield that enables bacteria to survive while in a vegetative state.

From Science Daily • Apr. 30, 2024

The piece of log that had been there so long, sturdy and useful, had simply fallen into chunks of dead vegetative matter; never again would it provide Matty a place to rest.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry