vegetation

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.

An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

flora foliage scrub greenery undergrowth verdure plant life grasses bush herb grama development growth plant grass
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Antonyms

ash population community animal dust civilization
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Hypernyms

development growth growing collection sleeping accumulation

Hyponyms

bush brier growth forest grass chaparral

Phrases with the word

vegetation fire study of vegetation emersed vegetation vegetation spirit land with no vegetation ground vegetation layer

Examples

Vegetation is the basic instrument the creator uses to set all of nature in motion. Antoine Lavoisier

Wealth and vegetation go together, and that exacerbates environmental injustice. The poor bear the burden of degraded environments. Natalie Jeremijenko

Changes are not only possible and predictable, but to deny them is to be an accomplice to one's own unnecessary vegetation. Gail Sheehy

They are infra-human, a kind of vegetation. Henry David Thoreau

Sleeplessness is a desert without vegetation or inhabitants. Jessamyn West

Of course I prefer to have nature around me, but it doesn't have to be with the exact original vegetation for nostalgic reasons. Nature is moving and making new things. Theo Jansen

Close letter words and terms

vegetary vegetate vegetated vegetation fire vegetation of salts vegetation spirit