vegetation

Pronunciation: /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun all the plant life in a particular region or period
  2. noun the process of growth in plants
  3. noun an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.

In classic literature

Synonyms

flora, botany

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
collection
Narrower (hyponyms)
forest, garden, browse, scrub, stand, groundcover
Opposite (antonyms)
fauna

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