vegetation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun all the plant life in a particular region or period
  2. noun the process of growth in plants
  3. noun an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.

In classic literature

Synonyms

flora, botany

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