vegetation
noun
Simple meaning
Plants, taken collectively.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
vɛdʒəˈteɪʃən
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Definition
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noun
The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
uncountable
Plants, taken collectively.
pathologycountable
An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth
pathologycountable
An abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Moderately Common
- Typical Use
- Varies by meaning
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
Used this way, vegetation is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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Word Family
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Word family
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Edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant.
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Connected by subject or meaning, not by word formation.
Composed of vegetation or plants.
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