vegetation

Noun
  1. All the plant life in a particular region or period (synset 108453769)
    "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
    referred to in: flora, plant, plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
    associated with:
    • cut, mown - (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine
    • uncut, unmown - (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine
    • sprouted - (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground
    • dried-up, sear, sere, shriveled, shrivelled, withered - (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture
    is a type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
    subtypes:
    • browse - vegetation (such as young shoots, twigs, and leaves) that is suitable for animals to eat
    • brush, brushwood, coppice, copse, thicket - a dense growth of bushes
    • growth - vegetation that has grown
    • bush, chaparral, scrub - dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
    • stand - a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area
    • forest, wood, woods - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
    • shrubbery - a collection of shrubs growing together
    • garden - the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden
    • brier, brier patch, brierpatch - tangled mass of prickly plants
    • ground cover, groundcover - low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow
    belongs to: biology, biota - all the plant and animal life of a particular region
    same as: botany, flora
  2. The process of growth in plants (synset 113594260)
    is a type of: development, growing, growth, maturation, ontogenesis, ontogeny - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
  3. An abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart) (synset 105611609)
    is a type of: excrescence - (pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
  4. Inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life (synset 101066981)
    "their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
    is a type of: dormancy, quiescence, quiescency, sleeping - quiet and inactive restfulness

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