English Online Dictionary. What means vegetation? What does vegetation mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
vegetation (countable and uncountable, plural vegetations)
- (uncountable) Plants, taken collectively.
- There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.
- (pathology, countable) An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth
- The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
Derived terms
- devegetation
- vegetation of salts
Translations
Swedish
Noun
vegetation c
- vegetation
- Synonyms: växtlighet, växtliv
Declension
Declension
- vegetation in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- vegetation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- vegetation in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)