Definition of VEGETATION

vegetation

Plural: vegetations

Noun

  • all the plant life in a particular region or period
    • "Pleistocene vegetation"
  • the process of growth in plants
  • an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
  • inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life
    • "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
  • Plants, taken collectively.
  • An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth
  • The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

Examples

  • There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.

Synonyms

botany, flora, verdure

Antonyms

fauna

Scrabble Score: 14

vegetation: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vegetation: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vegetation: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

vegetation: valid Words With Friends Word