vegetation

/ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/

vegetation noun: plants, taken collectively.

Noun

vegetation (countable and uncountable, plural vegetations)

(uncountable) Plants, taken collectively.
- There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.
- Thus the growth of vegetation, though effected in a greater or less degree by the strong wind, the violent rain, and the heat and glare of the noonday sun, is yet still more effectually promoted by the mild action of the gentler breezes, the softly descending dew, and the less intense heat.1838, William Andrus Alcott, chapter I, in The Young House-keeper: Or, Thoughts on Food and Cookery, third stereotype edition, Boston: George W. Light, page 21
Synonyms:

verdure
An abnormal mass on an endocardial surface, especially a heart valve, composed chiefly of fibrin and platelets and often containing microorganisms.
(countable, dated) An excrescent, verrucous or fibrinous growth on a mucosal or epithelial surface.
The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

vegetation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

vegetation in Hindi

plants: वनस्पति vanaspati

vegetation in Tamil

வளர்ச்சி, இயல் வளர்ச்சி, செடியினம், தாவர கூட்டு, தாவரத் தொகுதி, தாவர உணவு

vegetation in Urdu

آب و گیر, عمل روئیدگی, نباتات, سبزہ

vegetation in Bengali

গাছপালা

More languagesFewer languages

vegetation in Telugu: వృక్షసంపద, వృక్షజాలం
vegetation in Malayalam: സസ്യജാലം, ചെടിയുടെ വളർച്ച, ഒരു പ്രദേശത്തു വളരുന്ന സസ്യങ്ങൾ
vegetation in Kannada: ಸಸ್ಯಜೀವನ, ಗಿಡಮರಗಳು, ವೃಕ್ಷಸಮೂಹ, ಸಸ್ಯರಾಶಿ
vegetation in Punjabi: ਬਨਸਪਤੀ
vegetation in Gujarati: ઝાડપાલો jhāḍpālo
vegetation in Sanskrit: वनस्पति vánaspáti
vegetation in Nepali: वनस्पति
vegetation in Tagalog: kahalmanan, kahalamanan, behetasyon
vegetation in Arabic: خُضْرَة ḵuḍra, عَشَابَة ʕašāba, نَبَات nabāt, نَبَاتَات nabātāt
vegetation in Malay: vegetasi
vegetation in Indonesian: vegetasi
vegetation in Vietnamese: cây cối, cây cỏ, thực vật

Examples of vegetation in a sentence

As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; […]1880 November 6, Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin, chapter XII, in The Power of Movement in Plants, page 555:
Similarity of vegetation on meadows was the result of heavy grazing and trampling by large numbers of driveway sheep before the study was begun.1951 August, Albert Watts Moore, Elbert Hann Reid, “The Dalles Pocket Gopher and Its Influence on Forage Production of Oregon Mountain...
As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast.2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:

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Synonyms of vegetation

verdure

Forms of vegetation

plural	vegetations

Plural of vegetation: vegetations

Origin of vegetation

Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.

Words formed from vegetation

Words that rhyme with vegetation

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Questions about vegetation

What does vegetation mean?: Vegetation means plants, taken collectively.
What is vegetation in Hindi?: Vegetation in Hindi is वनस्पति (vanaspati). See Vegetation meaning in Hindi.
How do you use vegetation in a sentence?: As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; […]
What part of speech is vegetation?: Vegetation is a noun.
How do you pronounce vegetation?: Vegetation is pronounced /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/.
What is the plural of vegetation?: The plural of vegetation is vegetations.

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