Definition of vegetation
1 : plant life or total plant cover (as of an area)
2 : the act or process of vegetating
3 : inert existence
4 : an abnormal growth upon a body part fibrin vegetations on the mitral valve
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Examples of vegetation in a Sentence
the dense vegetation of the jungle
the local vegetation is flourishing as a result of the recent rains
Origin and Etymology of vegetation
borrowed from Medieval Latin vegetātiōn-, vegetātiō “power of growth,” going back to Latin, “act of invigorating,” from vegetāre “to impart energy to, invigorate” + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal nouns — more at vegetate
First Known Use: 1564
Other Botany Terms
VEGETATION Defined for English Language Learners
vegetation
playDefinition of vegetation for English Language Learners
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: plants in general : plants that cover a particular area
VEGETATION Defined for Kids
vegetation
playDefinition of vegetation for Students
: plant life or cover (as of an area) The valley was green with vegetation.
Medical Dictionary
vegetation
playMedical Definition of vegetation
: an abnormal outgrowth upon a body part; specifically : any of the warty excrescences on the valves of the heart that are composed of various tissue elements including fibrin and collagen and that are typical of endocarditis
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