vegetation

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/ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/

noun 3

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

green | dense, lush, luxuriant, thick

scrub, scrubby, sparse

The mountains near the coast are covered with scrubby vegetation that survives the salty wind.

decaying, decomposing, rotten, rotting

The gardener cleared away the decaying vegetation from beneath the old oak tree.

natural

The hikers found a beautiful clearing surrounded by natural vegetation after walking through the forest for hours.

aquatic, woodland, sub-tropical, tropical

VERB + VEGETATION

be covered in/with

The old garden wall was covered with thick vegetation after years of neglect.

VEGETATION + VERB

grow

VEGETATION + NOUN

cover

Definitions

noun

Plants, taken collectively.

There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.

Thus the growth of vegetation, though effected in a greater or less degree by the strong wind, the violent rain, and the heat and glare of the noonday sun, is yet still more effectually promoted by the mild action of the gentler breezes, the softly descending dew, and the less intense heat.

An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth

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

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Synonyms

noun — all the plant life in a particular region or period

Antonyms

fauna
zoology

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.

Wiktionary

As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; […]

Wiktionary

This land is covered by a verdant carpet of lush vegetation.

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I propose to investigate the vegetation of the island in great detail.

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There were only a few patches of vegetation near the river.

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