She was in what was described as a vegetative state.
她处于一种被称为植物人的状态。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
She had been in what doctors described as an irreversible vegetative state for five years.
她陷入医生们所说的一种不可逆转的植物人状态已达5年之久。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
That is when it's not covered in snow and there is no frost covering the grass and vegetative parts of a plant's herbs and the flowers the marmots like to eat.
