vegetation

UK: /ˌvɛdʒɪˈteɪʃ^ən/ US: /ˌvɛdʒɪˈteɪʃən/ ,(vej′i tā′shən)

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veg•e•ta•tion /ˌvɛdʒɪˈteɪʃən/   n. [uncountable]

1. Botany the plants or plant life of a place.

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veg•e•ta•tion  (vej′i tā′shən), n. 

1. Botany 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.

• Medieval Latin vegetātiōn- (stem of vegetātiō), equivalent. to vegetāt- (see vegetate) + -iōn- -ion
• 1555–65

veg′e•ta′tion•al, adj. 
veg′e•ta′tion•less, adj. 
Synonyms

• 3. inactivity, idleness, sloth, lethargy.

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vegetation / ˌvɛdʒɪˈteɪʃən/ noun

1. plant life as a whole, esp the plant life of a particular region
2. the process of vegetating
3. any abnormal growth, excrescence, etc
4. a vegetative existence

ˌvegeˈtational adjective

ˌvegeˈtatious adjective