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vegetation

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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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Word Origin & History

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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

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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