vegeto-
(ˈvɛdʒɪtəʊ)
irregular combining form of the L. stem veget-, used in the sense of ‘vegetable and..’ or ‘having a vegetable origin’. a. With adjs., as vegeto-alkaline, vegeto-animal, vegeto-bituminous, vegeto-carbonaceous, vegeto-mineral, vegeto-sulphuric, etc.
Cf. F. végéto-animal, -minéral, -sulfurique.
| 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 80/1 The *vegeto-alkaline acetates..are decomposed. |
| 1799 Anderson Recreations I. 267 Hairs, spines, feathers, &c., are all *vegeto-animal productions. 1842 Loudon Suburban Hort. 65 Composts of vegetable or vegeto-animal matter and earth are of various kinds. 1876 tr. Schützenberger's Fermentation 34 The matter which decomposes sugar is a vegeto-animal substance. |
| 1796 Kirwan Elem. Min. (ed. 2) II. 40 By Inflammable substances I understand all those of Mineral Origin whose principal character is Inflammability... Of these the simplest kinds may be reduced to six Genera, namely the Aeriform, the Bituminous, Carbonaceous, *Vegeto-Carbonaceous, *Vegeto-Bituminous, and the Sulphureous. |
| 1776 Percival Ess. III. 247 Each ounce, therefore, of the *vegeto-mineral water contains only four tenths of a grain of this metal. 1785 Med. Comm. II. 31 A poultice with Goulard's vegeto mineral extract had been..prescribed. 1857 Bullock tr. Cazeaux's Midwifery 25 Some of the vegeto-mineral lotions are usually sufficient to cause their [i.e. carbuncles] disappearance. |
| 1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 654 Some *vegeto-sulphuric acid is formed at the same time. |
b. With
ns., as
vegeto-alkali,
vegeto-alkaloid,
vegeto-mineral,
vegeto-principle,
vegeto-veratrine, etc.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 205 Dr. Sertürner has obtained some other *vegeto-alkalies from Cinchona. 1844 Fownes Chem. 478 The vegeto-alkalis, or alkaloids, constitute a remarkable, and at present isolated, group of bodies. c 1865 J. Wylde in Circ. Sci. I. 416/1 An account of the vegeto-alkalies. |
| 1887 A. M. Brown Anim. Alkaloids 60 The means of distinguishing the *vegeto-alkaloid. |
| 1839 Ure Dict. Arts 40 The most interesting fact relative to this *vegeto-mineral is its geological position. |
| 1830 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. XVII. 385 M. Dulong has obtained a particular *vegeto-principle from the roots of Plumbago Europæa. |
| 1887 A. M. Brown Anim. Alkaloids 59 The *vegeto-veratrine does not reduce the ferricyanide. |