vegetalize
vegetalize verb: to make more vegetal; to make or treat as more like a plant.
Verb
vegetalize (third-person singular simple present vegetalizes, present participle vegetalizing, simple past and past participle vegetalized)
- To make more vegetal; to make or treat as more like a plant.
- This ancient method, which uses natural fermentation to increase bonito's nutritional values and “vegetalize" its composition, is still used today.1993, John Belleme, Jan Belleme, Cooking with Japanese Foods, page 54
- Assuming that RNP is present in the mesoderm of the early dorsal lip, it is suggested that this tends to vegetalize the more animal cells that lack RNP, and is itself animalized by these cells, i.e., RNPs will be passed to the cells above, and RNP breakage for translation will be increased in the...2013, M. Abercrombie, Jean Brachet, Thomas J. King, Advances in Morphogenesis: Volume 10, page 60
Forms of vegetalize
| third-person singular present | vegetalizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | vegetalizing |
| past participle | vegetalized |
| past | vegetalized |
| alternative form | vegetalise |
Origin of vegetalize
From vegetal + -ize.
Questions about vegetalize
- What does vegetalize mean?
- Vegetalize means to make more vegetal; to make or treat as more like a plant.
- What part of speech is vegetalize?
- Vegetalize is a verb.
- What is the past tense of vegetalize?
- The past tense of vegetalize is vegetalized.
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