vegetations

Noun

vegetation (countable and uncountable, plural vegetations)

1. (uncountable) Plants, taken collectively.
   • There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.

   Synonyms:

   verdure

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