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vegetation
(,v/E//dZ//I/'t/eI//S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • all the plant life in a particular region or period(noun.group)
    Example:
    Pleistocene vegetation.
    Synonym:
    botany, flora
    Antonym:
    fauna, zoology
    source: wordnet30
  • the process of growth in plants(noun.process)
    source: wordnet30
  • an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)(noun.body)
    source: wordnet30
  • inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life(noun.act)
    Example:
    Their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation.
    source: wordnet30
  • The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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