vegetation
Plants, taken collectivelyPlants, taken collectively.
» The vegetation was thick and lush.
Die Vegetation war dicht und üppig. — Yorwba
Растительность была густой и пышной. — Wezel
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4 senses(uncountable)Plants, taken collectively.
There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.
Vegetation, Pflanzenwuchs
расти́тельностьrastítelʹnostʹ
росли́нністьroslýnnistʹ
the process of growth in plants
(countable, uncountable)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.
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
Examples
34 sentencesThe vegetation was thick and lush.
ruРастительность была густой и пышной. — Wezel
deDie Vegetation war dicht und üppig. — Yorwba
The centipede maneuvered through the dense vegetation.
The vegetation of tropical trees is luxurious.
Ziri's clothes got wet from the damp vegetation.
The vegetation is being replaced by factories and highways.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.
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Forms
plural: vegetations| Singular | vegetation |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsWord family
10 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.