vegetation
NounWordNet 3.0
Noun (4)
- all the plant life in a particular region or period“Pleistocene vegetation”“the flora of southern California”“the botany of China”Synonyms: florabotany
- the process of growth in plants
- an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
- inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life“their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation”
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Vegetation \Veg`e*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tation, L. vegetatio an enlivening. See Vegetable.] [1913 Webster]
1.The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth. [1913 Webster]
2.The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation. [1913 Webster]
3.(Med.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart. [1913 Webster]
Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), a crystalline growth of an arborescent form. [1913 Webster]