Found 2 items, similar to Vegetation.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: vegetation vegetation n 1: all the plant life in a particular region [syn: flora] [ant: fauna] 2: the process of growth in plants 3: an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) 4: inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; “their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation”
English → English (gcide) Definition: Vegetation Vegetation \Veg`e*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tation, L. vegetatio an enlivening. See Vegetable.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth. [1913 Webster] 2. The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation. [1913 Webster] 3. (Med.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart. [1913 Webster] Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), a crystalline growth of an arborescent form. [1913 Webster]