vegetation
NounUS[vej-uh-tey-shuhn]/ˌvɛdʒəˈteɪʃən/4 syllables
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Noun (4)
- all the plant life in a particular region or period“Pleistocene vegetation”“the flora of southern California”“the botany of China”Synonyms: florabotanyType of collection, aggregationKinds forest, brush, garden, growth, brier, scrub, stand, shrubbery, browse, groundcoverMember of biota, biology
- the process of growth in plantsType of growth, growing
- an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)Type of excrescence
- inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life“their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation”Type of quiescence, quiescency
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Veg′e·ta′tion noun
Origin: Cf. F. végétation, 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. Medicine 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.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54