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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; < Medieval Latin vegetātiōn- (stem of vegetātiō), equivalent to vegetāt- (see vegetate) + -iōn- -ion
1555–65; < Medieval Latin vegetātiōn- (stem of vegetātiō), equivalent to vegetāt- (see vegetate) + -iōn- -ion
Related forms
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
Synonyms
3. inactivity, idleness, sloth, lethargy.
3. inactivity, idleness, sloth, lethargy.
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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.
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Medical Dictionary
vegetation veg·e·ta·tion (věj'ĭ-tā'shən)
n.
The process of growth in plants.
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.
A vegetative state of impaired consciousness.
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Science Dictionary
vegetation  (věj'ĭ-tā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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