veg·e·ta·tion (v j  -t  sh n)n. 1. The act or process of vegetating. 2. The plants of an area or a region; plant life: The vegetation is lush on the Hawaiian Islands. 3. Pathology An abnormal growth on the body. veg e·tation·al adj. |
vegetation [ˌvɛdʒɪˈteɪʃən]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) plant life as a whole, esp the plant life of a particular region
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (Medicine / Pathology) the process of vegetating
3. (Medicine / Pathology) Pathol any abnormal growth, excrescence, etc.
4. a vegetative existence
vegetational adj
vegetatious adj
| vegetation (vj-tshn) 1. The plants of an area or a region; plant life. 2. An abnormal bodily accretion, especially a clot composed largely of fused blood platelets, fibrin, and sometimes bacteria, that adheres to a diseased heart valve. |
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole browse - vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat; "a deer needs to eat twenty pounds of browse every day" growth - vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass" stand - a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees" shrubbery - a collection of shrubs growing together garden - the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden ground cover, groundcover - low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow |
| 2. |  vegetation - the process of growth in plants growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children" | |
| 3. | vegetation - an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) excrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body | |
| 4. | vegetation - inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation" |
vegetation
Translations
vegetation
n
→ Vegetation f; could we live on the vegetation here? → könnten wir uns von dem ernähren, was hier wächst?
(= wasting away) (of sick people) → Dahinvegetieren nt; (of mind) → Verödung f, → Verarmung f; the patients just lie there in a state of vegetation → die Patienten dämmern nur noch vor sich hin or vegetieren nur noch dahin
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