vegetation

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vegetation

  • /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/

Rhymes with -eɪʃən

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Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.

noun vegetations

  1. uncountable Plants, taken collectively. There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.

    Similar: verdure

  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.

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Closest in meaning: flora, vegetative, shrub, vegetable, weed, botany, botanical, plant, revegetation, vegetarian, vegan, grass, crop, habitat, chloride, species

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noun plants

Españolvegetación
한국어식생 siksaeng, 초목 chomok
日本語草木 kusaki, 植生 shokusei
中文植被 zhíbèi, 草木 cǎomù
हिन्दीवनस्पति vanaspati
Kiswahiliuoto
Portuguêsvegetação
Françaisvégétation
DeutschVegetation, Pflanzenwuchs
Italianovegetazione
Ελληνικάβλάστηση vlástisi
Românăvegetație
Русскийрасти́тельность rastítelʹnostʹ
Tiếng Việtcây cối, cây cỏ, thực vật
العربيةخُضْرَة ḵuḍra, عَشَابَة ʕašāba, نَبَات nabāt, نَبَاتَات nabātāt, مَخْضَرَة maḵḍara
עבריתצוֹמֵחַ tsomeakh

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@misc{vegetation_2026,
  title = {vegetation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vegetation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}