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Vegetation - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Vegetation : (noun)
1: all the plant life in a particular region [syn: flora]
[ant: fauna]
2: the process of growth in plants
3: an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty
excrescence on the valves of the heart)
4: inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the
inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in
sleep and vegetation"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Vegetation : \Veg`e*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tation, L.
vegetatio an enlivening. See Vegetable.]
1. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant
does; vegetable growth.
2. The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in
general; as, luxuriant vegetation.
3. (Med.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part,
especially upon the valves of the heart.
Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), a crystalline growth of an
arborescent form.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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