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vegetation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vegetation n 1: all the plant life in a particular region [syn: {flora}] [ant: {fauna}] 2: inactivity that is passive and monotonous
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