What is the meaning of vegetation?

noun

  • All the plant life in a particular region or period.
    • usage: "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
  • The process of growth in plants.
  • An abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart. )
  • Inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life.
    • usage: "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
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