SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN noun all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
a dull existence; life devoid of mental or social activity.
Pathology a morbid growth, or excrescence.
Origin of vegetation 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 Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for vegetation flora ,
greenery ,
verdure ,
trees ,
herbs ,
flowers ,
herbage ,
inactivity ,
lethargy ,
listlessness ,
growth ,
verdancy ,
hibernation Examples from the Web for vegetation Contemporary Examples of vegetation The path for our group of six is being carved through tangles of vines and vegetation one machete hack at a time.
Vegetation , large trees, and a series of small farm buildings were cleared, and massive holes were dug for the foundations.
If you lose the marshes and the vegetation , all you're left with is mud, which just slides into the water.
Historical Examples of vegetation The vegetation was extravagant in its luxuriance and splendor.
Except a few lichens, there was not a mark of vegetation about it.
The grotto was completely lost to sight beneath the onslaught of vegetation .
The work of vegetation begins first in the irritability of the bark and leaf-buds.
There was no soil, no moss, no lichen, no trace of vegetation .
British Dictionary definitions for vegetation noun plant life as a whole, esp the plant life of a particular region
the process of vegetating
pathol any abnormal growth, excrescence, etc
a vegetative existence
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Derived Forms vegetational , adjective vegetatious , adjective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Word Origin and History for vegetation n. 1560s, "act of vegetating," from Middle French végétation , from Medieval Latin vegetationem (nominative vegetatio ) "a quickening, action of growing," from vegetare "grow, quicken" (see vegetable ). Meaning "plant life" first recorded 1727.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
vegetation [vĕj′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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The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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The plants of an area or a region; plant life.
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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