The blest infusions That dwell in vegetives, in metals, stones.
Shak.
Veg"e*to-an"i*mal (?), a. (Biol.) Partaking of the nature both of
vegetable and animal matter; — a term sometimes applied to vegetable
albumen and gluten, from their resemblance to similar animal products.
Veg"e*tous (?), a. [L. vegetus. See Vegete.] Vigorous; lively; active;
vegete. [Obs.] B. Jonson.