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veg⋅e⋅ta⋅tion

  [vej-i-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
2. the act or process of vegetating.
3. a dull existence; life devoid of mental or social activity.
4. Pathology. a morbid growth, or excrescence.
Origin:
1555–65; < ML vegetātiōn- (s. of vegetātiō), equiv. to vegetāt- (see vegetate ) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms:
veg⋅e⋅ta⋅tion⋅al, adjective
veg⋅e⋅ta⋅tion⋅less, adjective

Synonyms:
3. inactivity, idleness, sloth, lethargy.
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veg·e·ta·tion   (věj'ĭ-tā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act or process of vegetating.
  2. The plants of an area or a region; plant life: The vegetation is lush on the Hawaiian Islands.
  3. Pathology An abnormal growth on the body.
veg'e·ta'tion·al adj.
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Vegetation

Veg`e*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tation, L. vegetatio an enlivening. See Vegetable.]

1. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

2. The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.

3. (Med.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.

Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), a crystalline growth of an arborescent form.
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Language Translation for : vegetation
Spanish: vegetación,
German: die Vegetation,
Japanese: 植物
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vegetation 
1564, "act of vegetating," from M.Fr. végétation, from M.L. vegetationem (nom. vegetatio) "a quickening, action of growing," from vegetare "grow, quicken" (see vegetable). Meaning "plant life" first recorded 1727.
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Main Entry: veg·e·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "vej-&-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
: an abnormal outgrowth upon a body part;specifically : any of the warty excrescences on the valves of the heart that are composed of various tissue elements including fibrin and collagen and that are typical of endocarditis
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vegetation veg·e·ta·tion (věj'ĭ-tā'shən)
n.

  1. The process of growth in plants.
  2. An abnormal bodily growth or excrescence, especially a clot composed largely of fused blood platelets, fibrin, and sometimes bacteria that is adherent to a diseased heart valve.
  3. A vegetative state of impaired consciousness.

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vegetation   (věj'ĭ-tā'shən)  Pronunciation Key 
  1. The plants of an area or a region; plant life.
  2. An abnormal bodily accretion, especially a clot composed largely of fused blood platelets, fibrin, and sometimes bacteria, that adheres to a diseased heart valve.

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