Vegetation
noun
1.
all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole:
the vegetation of the Nile valley.
2.
the act or process of vegetating.
3.
a dull existence; life devoid of mental or social activity.
4.
Pathology. a morbid growth, or excrescence.
noun
1.
plant life as a whole, esp the plant life of a particular region
2.
the process of vegetating
3.
(pathol) any abnormal growth, excrescence, etc
4.
a vegetative existence
vegetation veg·e·ta·tion (věj’ĭ-tā’shən)
n.
The process of growth in plants.
An abnormal bodily growth or excrescence, especially a clot composed largely of fused blood platelets, fibrin, and sometimes bacteria that is adherent to a diseased heart valve.
A vegetative state of impaired consciousness.
vegetation
(věj’ĭ-tā’shən)
The plants of an area or a region; plant life.
An abnormal bodily accretion, especially a clot composed largely of fused blood platelets, fibrin, and sometimes bacteria, that adheres to a diseased heart valve.
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