vegetation
noun/ˌvedʒəˈteɪʃn/
/ˌvedʒəˈteɪʃn/
[uncountable]- plants in general, especially the plants that are found in a particular area or environment
- The hills are covered in lush green vegetation.
- Desert areas have little vegetation.
Extra ExamplesTopics Plants and treesc1- As we drove towards the desert, the vegetation became sparse.
- Removal of the natural vegetation has resulted in a loss of nutrients in the soil.
- piles of rotting vegetation
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- green
- dense
- lush
- …
- be covered in
- be covered with
- destroy
- …
- grow
- cover
Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally referring to the action or process of vegetating): from medieval Latin vegetatio(n-) ‘power of growth’, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.Definitions on the go
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