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vegetation > 4 senses
NOUN1vegetation, flora, botanyAll the plant life in a particular region or period
2vegetationThe process of growth in plants
3vegetationAn abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
4vegetationInactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life
vegetation > pronunciation
Soundsveh.jhahtey'shahn
RhymesAachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2521 more rhymes in ahn...
vegetation > noun 1, group
MeaningAll the plant life in a particular region or period.
Examples"Pleistocene vegetation"
Synonymsflora, botany
Contraryfauna, zoology
Member ofbiota, biology
Category ofmown, cut; unmown, uncut; sprouted; dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered
Categoryplant, flora, plant life
Broadercollection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
Narrowerbrush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket; growth; scrub, chaparral, bush; stand; forest, wood, woods; shrubbery; garden; brier, brierpatch, brier patch; groundcover, ground cover
Adjectivesvegetational; vegetational
Verbsvegetate
vegetation > noun 2, process
MeaningThe process of growth in plants.
Broadergrowth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
Verbsvegetate; vegetate
vegetation > noun 3, body
MeaningAn abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart).
Broaderexcrescence
Verbsvegetate
vegetation > noun 4, act
MeaningInactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life.
Examples"their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
Broaderquiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping
Adjectivesvegetative, vegetive
Verbsvegetate; vegetate

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