vegetation
vegetate
+
-ation
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noun
1.
plant
s considered
collectively
, especially those found in a particular
area
or
habitat
:
｟かたく｠ 〖集合的に〗(ある地域の)植物, 草木; 植生
e.g.
the chalk cliffs are mainly sheer with little vegetation.
2. the
action
or
process
of
vegetating
.
(植物の)成長, 繁茂.
3.
Medicine
an
abnormal
growth
on or in the
body
.
〘医〙 病的増殖
DERIVATIVES
vegetational
|-SHənl| adjective
ORIGIN
mid
16th century
(in vegetation (sense 2)): from medieval
Latin
vegetatio(n-)
‘
power
of
growth
’, from the verb
vegetare
(see
vegetate
).