vegetation
/ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/ noun C1- Plants, taken collectively. · There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.
- An abnormal mass on an endocardial surface, especially a heart valve, composed chiefly of fibrin and platelets and often containing microorganisms.
- An excrescent, verrucous or fibrinous growth on a mucosal or epithelial surface.
- The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
Plural vegetations
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In a very few hours the brown earth had become ruddy, the brick had changed to granite, and red cows grazed in well-hedged fields where the lush grasses and more luxuriant vegetation spoke of a richer, if a damper, climate.
The rattle of our wheels died away as we drove through drifts of rotting vegetation—sad gifts, as it seemed to me, for Nature to throw before the carriage of the returning heir of the Baskervilles.
On a train, however, you remain grounded, bearing witness to the subtle shifts in topography, vegetation, and local architecture.
Moreover, her capacity to identify edible and medicinal indigenous vegetation supplemented the meager rations of the crew, sustaining their physical fortitude during times of scarcity.
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