vegetation
Plants, taken collectively.
Example
“There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.”
Other meanings
An abnormal mass on an endocardial surface, especially a heart valve, composed chiefly of fibrin and platelets and often containing microorganisms.
The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
Synonyms
- flora
- botany
Related words
- devegetation
- vegetation of salts
Word history
From Medieval Latin "vegetatio".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “vegetation” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.