vegetative

plant

Botanical organism

• chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
• photosynthesisLight-to-sugar conversion in plants
• foliagePlant's leafy covering

leaves · stems · roots · flora · growth · germination · sprouting · shoots · buds · meristem

cuttings

Snipped portions for growing

• graftingJoining tissues to grow together
• layeringForming successive strata
• rhizomesHorizontal subterranean stem structures

stolons · bulbs · tubers · runners · cloning · suckers · offsets · division · asexual · rooting

unresponsive

Failing to react or reply

• persistentContinuing despite difficulty
• consciousnessState of sentient awareness
• stuporSuspended sensibility

neurological · recovery · awakening · life-support · prolonged · irreversible · prognosis · diagnosis · rehabilitation · awareness

dormant

Inactive but capable

• stagnantWithout movement or progress
• idleWithout activity or purpose
• sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting

sluggish · static · inert · quiescent · lethargic · torpid · listless · languid · indolent · passive

sympathetic

Feeling others' emotions

• parasympatheticNerve system promoting rest
• involuntaryNot under conscious control
• homeostasisBiological internal stability maintenance

reflex · digestion · respiration · pupil · vagus · salivation · perspiration · fight-or-flight · gastrointestinal · breathing

• states of beingalive, dead, living, existing, conscious
• incapacitatedunconscious, knocked out, out cold, passed out, comatose
• plant conditionshealthy, diseased, wilted, dormant, flowering
• mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
• mindlessbrainless, mindless, witless, senseless, unthinking
• conditionsmedical condition, weather conditions, environmental conditions, living conditions, working conditions