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| 1. | The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth. | ||||
| 2. | The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; | ||||
| 3. | (Med.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.
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| Noun | 1. | vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region Synonyms: flora |
| 2. | vegetation - the process of growth in plants | |
| 3. | vegetation - an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) | |
| 4. | vegetation - inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation" |