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Definition of vegetative:

Growing, or having the power of growing, as plants; capable of vegetating.
Having relation to growth or nutrition; partaking of simple growth and enlargement of the systems of nutrition, apart from the sensorial or distinctively animal functions; vegetal.
Having the power to produce growth in plants; as, the vegetative properties of soil.

Synonyms:

nonsexual, vegetable, involuntary, asexual, vegetal, vegetive, vegetational.

motionless (part of speech: adjective)
- languid,
- unmoving,
- stagnant,
- quiet,
- stationary,
- idle,
- becalmed,
- resting,
- immobile,
- calm,
- sleeping,
- dormant,
- inactive,
- dead,
- static,
- still,
- tranquil,
- fixed,
- standing,
- motionless,
- inert
inert (part of speech: adjective)
- inert,
- motionless,
- stagnant,
- reposing,
- stationary,
- inanimate,
- idle,
- lifeless,
- sluggish,
- apathetic,
- static,
- languid,
- listless,
- insensible,
- comatose,
- paralytic,
- immobile,
- sedentary,
- lethargic,
- inactive,
- languorous,
- still,
- dormant,
- catatonic,
- passive

Usage examples:

In all fungi we may recognize a vegetative and a reproductive system: sometimes the first only becomes developed, and then the fungus is imperfect, and sometimes the latter is far more prominent than the former.

- "Fungi: Their Nature and Uses", Mordecai Cubitt Cooke.
After the seeds are thrashed out, they should be spread thin, and thoroughly dried, or their vegetative power will be destroyed by heat or decay.

- "Soil Culture", J. H. Walden.
Something must be done to restore and increase vegetative vigor.

- "Manual of American Grape-Growing", U. P. Hedrick.