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Verb
/ˈvejəˌtāt/,
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vegetating, present participle; vegetated, past tense; vegetated, past participle; vegetates, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, unchallenging way
    • - if she left him there alone, he'd sit in front of the television set and vegetate
  2. (of a plant or seed) Grow; sprout

  3. Cause plants to grow in or cover (a place)

  4. (of an abnormal growth) Increase in size

  1. lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind
  2. establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"
  3. produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"
  4. grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"
  5. grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"
  6. propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"
  7. vege out: engage in passive relaxation; "After a hard day's work, I vegetate in front of the television"
  8. (vegetation) all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
  9. (vegetation) the process of growth in plants
  10. (vegetation) an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
  11. Vegetation is a general term for the plant life of a region; it refers to the ground cover provided by plants. It is a general term, without specific reference to particular taxa, life forms, structure, spatial extent, or any other specific botanical or geographic characteristics. ...
  12. To grow or sprout; To spread abnormally; To live or spend a period of time in a dull, inactive, un-challenging way
  13. (vegetation) Plants collectively
  14. (vegetation) all the trees and plants that grow in a particular area
  15. (“Vegetation”) means all trees, plants, shrubs, groundcover, grass, and other vegetation.
  16. (Vegetation) All plants within a specified area. It is usually considered generally and not taxonomically.
  17. (Vegetation) Although vastly limited when compared to more temperate areas, there is a variety of plant life present in the Dry Valleys. These include lichens, mosses, algae and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).
  18. (Vegetation) An abnormal growth of tissue around a valve that can develop following a bacteremia. Vegetation is composed of blood platelets, the infecting bacteria, a few white blood cells, and fibrin, a protein involved in clotting.
  19. (Vegetation) Cerrado[?], Atlantic Forest[?]
  20. (Vegetation) Indigenous or introduced trees, shrubs, vines, ground covers, and herbaceous materials.
  21. (Vegetation) Kenya's plant life is highly diverse, ranging from mangrove forests and coconut palms on the coast to Savannah grassland and woods to thick coniferous evergreen forests on the mountain slopes. On the western plateaus, low trees grow amid grass over 1. ...
  22. (Vegetation) Plant cover can prevent erosion by stabilizing the soil and minimizing soil damage from raindrop impact.  Different types of vegetation can provide varying degrees of protection.
  23. (Vegetation) The Burma Monsoon Forests of Manas lie on the borders between the Indo-Gangetic and Indo-Malayan biogeographical realms and belong to the Brahmaputra Valley Biogeographic Province. ...
  24. (Vegetation) means native and exotic trees, shrubs, understorey and grasses found within the Council area.
  25. (vegetation) Plant life will absorb heat and water. Holding on to the heat after sunset it will create a zone of increased warmth for longer periods than a desert. ...