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vegetation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Plants, taken collectively.
   • Thus the growth of vegetation, though effected in a greater or less degree by the strong wind, the violent rain, and the heat and glare of the noonday sun, is yet still more effectually promoted by the mild action of the gentler breezes, the softly descending dew, and the less intense heat. 1838, William Andrus Alcott, chapter I, in The Young House-keeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery, third stereotype edition, Boston: George W. Light, page 21:
   • There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.
   • As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:
   • Similarity of vegetation on meadows was the result of heavy grazing and trampling by large numbers of driveway sheep before the study was begun. 1951 August, Albert Watts Moore, Elbert Hann Reid, “The Dalles Pocket Gopher and Its Influence on Forage Production of Oregon Mountain Meadows”, in Circular, number 884, Washington, D.C: U.S. Department of Agriculture, →DOI, →OCLC, page 11:
   • As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; […] 1880 November 6, Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin, chapter XII, in The Power of Movement in Plants, page 555:
2. (countable, uncountable) An abnormal mass on an endocardial surface, especially a heart valve, composed chiefly of fibrin and platelets and often containing microorganisms.
3. (countable, dated) An excrescent, verrucous or fibrinous growth on a mucosal or epithelial surface.
4. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

Forms

Deriveds

prevegetation · vegetational · revegetation · undervegetation · vegetation of salts · vegetationless · microvegetation · macrovegetation · paleovegetation · palaeovegetation · devegetation

Synonyms

verdure

Translations (85)

lt augalija (plants) · hy բուսականություն (plants) · is gróður (plants) · hi वनस्पति (plants) · sh ра́слӣње (plants) · lv augājs (plants) · sl rastlinstvo (plants) · sc matéri (plants) · pl roślinność (plants) · nl begroeiing (plants) · ast vexetación (plants) · ar عَشَابَة (plants) · fo gróður (plants) · yi גרינסן (plants) · id vegetasi (plants) · tr yeşillik (plants) · ka მცენარეულობა (plants) · he צוֹמֵחַ (plants) · oc vegetacion (plants) · sq bimësi (plants) · ro vegetație (plants) · tl kahalamanan (plants) · tr vejetasyon (plants) · ko 식생 (plants) · hu vegetáció (plants) · eo vegetaĵaro (plants) · gl vexetación (plants) · sk vegetácia (plants) · fr végétation (plants) · nb vegetasjon (plants) · tl behetasyon (plants) · cs porost (plants) · es vegetación (plants) · sh vegetácija (plants) · ru расти́тельность (plants) · pt vegetação (plants) · bg расти́телност (plants) · tl kahalmanan (plants) · br struzh (plants) · nv chʼil (plants) · ka ვეგეტაცია (plants) · it vegetazione (plants) · ar خُضْرَة (plants) · sk porast (plants) · nv tsin (plants) · la vegetātiō (plants) · vi thực vật (plants) · de Pflanzenwuchs (plants) · mi mauti (plants) · et taimkate (plants) · sc matédu (plants) · ar مَخْضَرَة (plants) · tr bitki örtüsü (plants) · ja 草木 (plants) · tr nebatat (plants) · be раслі́ннасць (plants) · mk вегетација (plants) · ko 초목 (plants) · vi cây cối (plants) · vo planem (plants) · cy llystyfiant (plants) · ms vegetasi (plants) · fi kasvillisuus (plants) · vo planaglof (plants) · cmn 植被 (plants) · da plantevækst (plants) · vi cây cỏ (plants) · sv vegetation (plants) · mi raurēkau (plants) · sh вегета́ција (plants) · ja 植生 (plants) · ca vegetació (plants) · de Vegetation (plants) · tt үсемлек (plants) · sh ráslīnje (plants) · da vegetation (plants) · uk росли́нність (plants) · cmn 草木 (plants) · nl vegetatie (plants) · ar نَبَاتَات (plants) · el βλάστηση (plants) · mi māheuheu (plants) · ar نَبَات (plants) · sw uoto (plants) · cs vegetace (plants)