1) Vegetability 
• (n.) The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable. • (n.) The quality or state of being vegetal, or exhibiting those physiological phenomena which are common to plants and animals. See Vegetal, a., 2.
Veg`e·tal'i·ty noun 1. The quality or state of being vegetal, or vegetable. [ R.] 2. (Biol.) The quality or state of being vegetal, or exhibiting those physiological phenomena which are common to plants and animals. See Vegetal , adjective , 2. 
Type: Term Pronunciation: vej′ĕ-tal′i-tē Definitions: 1. The aggregate of the vital functions common to both plants and animals.