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| 1. | [ noun ] (botany) all the plant life in a particular region | |
| Synonyms: | flora | |
| Related terms: | fauna collection forest brush garden growth scrub stand brier shrubbery groundcover biota sere sprouted mown unmown plant vegetate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (biology) the process of growth in plants | |
| Related terms: | growth vegetate | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (anatomy,medicine,zoology,pathology) an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) | |
| Related terms: | excrescence vegetate | |
| 4. | [ noun ] inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life | |
| Examples: | "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation" |
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| Related terms: | quiescence vegetate | |
| Similar spelling: |
vegetational vegetative vegetate |
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