English dictionary

vegetation

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

all the plant life in a particular region or period

noun.group

Examples
Pleistocene vegetation.

Synonyms botany flora

Antonyms fauna zoology

Source: WordNet 3.0
the process of growth in plants

noun.process

Source: WordNet 3.0
an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)

noun.body

Source: WordNet 3.0
inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life

noun.act

Examples
Their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation.

Source: WordNet 3.0
The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

noun

Source: webster1913