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revegetation

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re⋅veg⋅e⋅tate

[ree-vej-i-teyt] verb, -tat⋅ed, -tat⋅ing.
–verb (used with object)
1. to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
–verb (used without object)
2. to grow again, as plants.

Origin:
1760–70; re- + vegetate


re⋅veg⋅e⋅ta⋅tion, noun
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re·veg·e·tate   (rē-věj'ĭ-tāt')   
v.   re·veg·e·tat·ed, re·veg·e·tat·ing, re·veg·e·tates

v.   tr.
To cause (eroded land, for example) to bear a new cover of vegetation.
v.   intr.
To bear a new cover of vegetation.
re·veg'e·ta'tion n.
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