vegetation
noun
veg·e·ta·tion
ˌve-jə-ˈtā-shən 
1
: plant life or total plant cover (as of an area)
2
: the act or process of vegetating
3
: inert existence
4
: an abnormal growth upon a body part
fibrin vegetations on the mitral valve
vegetational
adjective
ˌve-jə-ˈtā-sh(ə-)nəl
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Examples of vegetation in a Sentence
the dense vegetation of the jungle
the local vegetation is flourishing as a result of the recent rains
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Their firefighting tasks, which are assigned each day by their captains, could include containment work, structure defense or removing dry vegetation to try and stop the spread of the blaze.
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The relative humidity late Monday and Tuesday will drop as low as 6%, which makes dry vegetation even more flammable.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The region’s current dry spell follows two wet winters, which led to exceptional vegetation growth, as Swain tells Elizabeth Kolbert at Yale Environment 360.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Clear all vegetation from a five-foot buffer zone around the house.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 17 Jan. 2025
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Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025
The relative humidity late Monday and Tuesday will drop as low as 6%, which makes dry vegetation even more flammable.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
The region’s current dry spell follows two wet winters, which led to exceptional vegetation growth, as Swain tells Elizabeth Kolbert at Yale Environment 360.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2025
Clear all vegetation from a five-foot buffer zone around the house.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 17 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for vegetation
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“Vegetation.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vegetation. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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vegetation
noun
veg·e·ta·tion
ˌvej-ə-ˈtā-shən
1
: the act or process of vegetating
2
: dull or inactive living
a life of tranquil vegetation
3
: plant life or cover (as of an area)
Medical Definition
vegetation
noun
veg·e·ta·tion
ˌvej-ə-ˈtā-shən
: an abnormal outgrowth upon a body part
specifically
: any of the warty excrescences on the valves of the heart that are composed of various tissue elements including fibrin and collagen and that are typical of endocarditis
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