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Meaning of vegetation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən

Definitions

  1. Plants, taken collectively
  2. Plants, taken collectively.
    uncountable
  3. a person who does not eat meat of any kind. Has he always been a vegetarian?; (also adjective) This is a vegetarian dish. vegetariër شَخْص نَباتي вегетарианец, вегетариански vegetariano vegetarián, -ka; vegetariánský der/die Vegetarier, vegetarisch vegetar; vegetarisk; vegetar- χορτοφάγοςvegetariano taimetoitlane گیاهخوار kasvissyöjä végétarien/-ienne צמחוני शाकाहारी vegetarijanac vegetáriánus pemakan sayuran grænmetisæta vegetariano 菜食主義者(の) 채식주의자 vegetaras; vegetariškas veģetārietis; veģetā...
    also adjective
  4. An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth
  5. vegetarisme نَظَرِيَّة العَيْش على النَّباتات вегетарианство vegetarianismo vegetariánství der Vegetarismus vegetarisme χορτοφαγία vegetarianismo vegetaarlus گیاهخواری vegetarismi végétarismeצמחונות शाकाहार में विश्वास vegetarijanstvo vegetarianizmus paham pantang daging mataræði og manneldisstefna sem byggir á jurtafæði vegetarianismo 菜食主義 채식주의 vegetarizmas veģetārisms vegetarianisme` vegetarismevegetarianisme wegetarianizm vegetarianismo vegetarianism вегетарианство vegetariánstvo vegetarij...
  6. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth
  7. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
    countable, uncountable
  8. to live an idle, boring and pointless life. I would like to get a job – I don't want to vegetate. vegeteer يَعيشُ حَياةً خامِلَه живуркам vegetar živořit vegetieren vegetere ζω ανούσια και βαρετή ζωή vegetar vegeteerima گیاه وار زیستن؛ خوردن و خوابیدن vetelehtiä végéter לִחיוֹת חַיִים רֵיקִים निष्क्रिय जीवन बिताना vegetirati tengődik menganggur lifa tilþrifalausu lífi vegetare 無為に暮す 무기력하게 살다 vegetuoti veģetēt menjadikan hidup sso bosan vegeterenleve passivt, vegetere wegetować vegetar a veget...
  9. plants in general; plants of a particular region or type. tropical vegetation. plantegroei نَباتات растителност vegetação rostlinstvo, vegetace die Vegetation vegetation βλάστησηvegetación taimestik گیاهان kasvillisuus végétationצמחייה पौधों की वृद्धि vegetacija növényzet tetumbuhan gróður vegetazione 植物 식물, 초목, 식생 augmenija veģetācija; augu valsts tumbuh-tumbuhan vegetatievegetasjon, plantevekstroślinnośćvegetação vegetaţie растительность rastlinstvo rastlinstvo vegetacija vegetation พืชผัก ...
  10. vegetación, crecimiento anormal de verrugas o excrecencias en una parte del cuerpo tal como se ve en la endocarditis.
  11. The plants of an area or a region; plant life: hills sparsely covered with vegetation.
  12. The act or process of vegetating.
  13. Medicine An abnormal growth on a body part.
    Medicine
  14. (Botany) plant life as a whole, esp the plant life of a particular region
  15. (Botany) the process of vegetating

Equivalents

Català vegetació
Cymraeg llystyfiant
Ελληνικά βλάστηση
Español vegetación
Français végétation
Galego vexetación
עברית ירק צמחייה
हिन्दी झाड़ वनस्पति
Magyar vegetáció
Íslenska gróður
Italiano vegetazione
日本語 植物 植生 草木
ქართული მცენარეულობა
한국어 식생 초목
Latina vegetātiō
Lietuvių augalija
Македонски вегетација
Nederlands begroeiing vegetatie
Português vegetação
Română vegetație
Kiswahili uoto
ไทย พืช
Українська рослинність
Tiếng Việt cây cỏ cây cối thảo mộc thực vật

Examples

“There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.”
“Thus the growth of vegetation, though effected in a greater or less degree by the strong wind, the violent rain, and the heat and glare of the noonday sun, is yet still more effectually promoted by the mild action of the gentler breezes, the softly descending dew, and the less intense heat.”
“As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; […]”
“Similarity of vegetation on meadows was the result of heavy grazing and trampling by large numbers of driveway sheep before the study was begun.”
“As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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