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vegetation

[vej-i-tey-shuhn]

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.

    Synonyms: , , ,
  4. Pathology.a morbid growth, or excrescence.



vegetation

/ ˌɛɪˈٱɪʃə /

noun

  1. plant life as a whole, esp the plant life of a particular region

  2. the process of vegetating

  3. pathol any abnormal growth, excrescence, etc

  4. a vegetative existence

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

vegetation

  1. The plants of an area or a region; plant life.

  2. 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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Other 51Թ Forms

  • vegetational adjective
  • vegetationless adjective
  • nonvegetation noun
  • prevegetation noun
  • undervegetation noun
  • ˌ𲵱ˈٲپdzܲ adjective
  • ˌ𲵱ˈٲپDzԲ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of vegetation1

1555–65; < Medieval Latin 𲵱پō- (stem of 𲵱پō ), equivalent to 𲵱- ( vegetate ) + -ō- -ion
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The panel said these and other efforts to establish native vegetation hold promise to control dust in other areas and further improve air quality in the Owens Valley.

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The vegetation blaze was first reported at 6:20 p.m. on Monday and was roughly about four to five acres at the time.

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Sometimes lightning ignited the flames; sometimes it was Indigenous people using fire as an obvious, and remarkably effective, tool to clear unwanted vegetation from their fields.

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In the forests, they plan to use controlled burns to thin vegetation that has built up.

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The Ranch fire, which has burned through 4,205 acres of vegetation, is now 10% contained, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection announced Wednesday morning.

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