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Vegetation| Noun | 1. | vegetation - all the plant life in a particular regionbiota, biology - all the plant and animal life of a particular region growth - vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" stand - a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees" forest, woods, wood - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area shrubbery - a collection of shrubs growing together garden - the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden ground cover, groundcover - low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow mown, cut - (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of new-mown hay" unmown, uncut - (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine; "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn" | | | 2. | vegetation - the process of growth in plantsgrowing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" | | | 3. | vegetation - an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)excrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | | | 4. | vegetation - inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation" | |
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