Definition of vegetation Vegetation

/vɛˌʤʌtejˈʃʌn/ - [vejuteyshun] - veg•e•ta•tion

We found 13 definitions of vegetation from 6 different sources.

What does vegetation mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: vegetation
vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
		flora, botany
		fauna, zoology all the animal life in a particular region or period; "the fauna of China"; "the zoology of the Pliocene epoch"
		aggregation, accumulation, assemblage, collection the act of accumulating
		biota, biology all the plant and animal life of a particular region
		plant life, flora, plant (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
		browse the act of feeding by continual nibbling
		coppice, copse, thicket, brushwood, brush the wood from bushes or small branches; "they built a fire of brushwood"
		growth vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"
		chaparral, scrub, bush the act of cleaning a surface by rubbing it with a brush and soap and water
		stand a defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"
		woods, forest, wood the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
		shrubbery a collection of shrubs growing together
		garden a plot of ground where plants are cultivated
		brier patch, brierpatch, brier tangled mass of prickly plants
vegetation - inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
		dormancy, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping a state of quiet (but possibly temporary) inaction; "the volcano erupted after centuries of dormancy"
vegetation - the process of growth in plants
		ontogenesis, ontogeny, growing, maturation, growth, development (electronics) the production of (semiconductor) crystals by slow crystallization from the molten state
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

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Wiktionary

vegetation (Noun)
Plants, taken collectively.
vegetation (Noun)
An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

vegetation (n.)
The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
vegetation (n.)
The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.
vegetation (n.)
An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

vegetation
1) The plants of an area considered in general or as communities, but not taxonomically; the total plant cover in a particular area or on the Earth as a whole. 2) The total mass of plant life that occupies a given area.\n(Source: ALL / MGH)
vegetation
The plants that inhabit a certain region or environment.

Wikipedia

Vegetation means the plant life of a region or the plant community. It means all ground cover by plants, and is the main element of the biosphere. When you say "vegetation" you do not think of any species composition, life forms, structure, spatial extent, "naturalness", or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. That is meant by "flora" which refers exclusively to species composition.

"Vegetation" can refer to a wide range of spatial scales. Primeval redwood forests, coastal mangrove stands, sphagnum bogs, desert soil crusts, roadside weed patches, wheat fields, cultivated gardens and lawns; all are meant by the term "vegetation".