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vegetation (iou)



vegetation noun. M16.
[Latin vegetatio(n-) in medieval Latin sense 'power of growth' etc., formed as VEGETATE: see -ATION.]
I. Abstract senses.
The process of vegetating; the faculty of growth possessed by plants and seeds. M16.
transf. The production of a plantlike formation. E18-M19.
fig. Uneventful, monotonous, or empty existence; stagnation. M18.
II. Concrete senses.
a. A vegetable form or growth; a plant. L17-E18.
b. A plantlike growth or formation due to chemical action. L18.
c. Medicine. An abnormal excrescence; esp. (in endocarditis) one forming on the membrane of the heart valves. M19.
Plants collectively, esp. those dominating a particular area or habitat; plant cover. M18.
C. Darwin Large spaces of the tropical lowlands were clothed with a mingled tropical and temperate vegetation.
vegetational adjective pertaining to or characterized by vegetation or plant cover E20.
vegetationally adverb as regards plant cover L20.
vegetationless adjective devoid of plant cover M19.