VEGETATION
\vˌɛd͡ʒɪtˈe͡ɪʃən], \vˌɛdʒɪtˈeɪʃən], \v_ˌɛ_dʒ_ɪ_t_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of VEGETATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
By Princeton University
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inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life; "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
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The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.
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An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.
By Oddity Software
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The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.
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The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.
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An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.
By Noah Webster.
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1. The process of growths in plants. 2. A condition of sluggishness, comparable to the inactivity of plant life. 3. A growth or excrescence of any sort. 4. Specifically, a clot, composed largely of fused blood-platelets, adherent to a diseased heart-valve.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The process of vegetating.
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Plants collectively.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The process of growing, as plants, by means of nourishment derived from the earth, air, or water; vegetables or plants in general.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Plants considered collectively.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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The vital processes (absorption, circulation, exhalation, assimilation, etc.) on which the life and growth of a plant depend.
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Plants in general.
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A growth or deposit upon some portion of the body of a substance or tissue foreign to that part; especially a condyloma acuminatum.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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