vegetation

[ 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.

  1. a dull existence; life devoid of mental or social activity.

  2. Pathology. a morbid growth, or excrescence.

Origin of vegetation

1
1555–65; <Medieval Latin vegetātiōn- (stem of vegetātiō), equivalent to vegetāt- (see vegetate) + -iōn--ion

Other words for vegetation

Other words from vegetation

  • veg·e·ta·tion·al, adjective
  • veg·e·ta·tion·less, adjective
  • non·veg·e·ta·tion, noun
  • pre·veg·e·ta·tion, noun
  • un·der·veg·e·ta·tion, noun

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How to use vegetation in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for vegetation

vegetation

/ (ˌvɛdʒɪˈteɪʃən) /


noun
  1. plant life as a whole, esp the plant life of a particular region

  2. the process of vegetating

  1. pathol any abnormal growth, excrescence, etc

  2. a vegetative existence

Derived forms of vegetation

  • vegetational, adjective
  • vegetatious, adjective

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Scientific definitions for vegetation

vegetation

[ vĕj′ĭ-tāshən ]


  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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