English > vegetation: 4 senses > noun 1, group| Meaning | All the plant life in a particular region or period. |
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| Example | "Pleistocene vegetation" |
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| Synonyms | flora, botany |
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| Category of | dried-up, sere, sear, shriveled, shrivelled, withered | (used especially of vegetation) having lost all moisture |
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| mown, cut | (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine |
| sprouted | (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground |
| unmown, uncut | (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine |
| Category | plant, flora, plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
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| Member of | biota, biology | All the plant and animal life of a particular region |
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| Narrower | brier, brierpatch, brier patch | tangled mass of prickly plants |
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| 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 |
| forest, wood, woods | The trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area |
| garden | The flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden |
| groundcover, ground cover | low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow |
| growth | vegetation that has grown |
| scrub, chaparral, bush | dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes |
| shrubbery | A collection of shrubs growing together |
| stand | A growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area |
| Broader | collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage | Several things grouped together or considered as a whole |
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| Opposite | fauna, zoology | All the animal life in a particular region or period |
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| Spanish | flora, vegetación |
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| Catalan | flora, vegetació |
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| Adjectives | vegetal | composed of vegetation or plants |
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| Verbs | vegetate | establish vegetation on |
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