Plants, trees, and flowers can be referred to as vegetation.
[formal]
The inn has a garden of semi-tropical vegetation.
...a smell of gently-rotting vegetation.
Synonyms: plants, flora, greenery, foliage More Synonyms of vegetation
vegetation in British English
(ˌvɛdʒɪˈteɪʃən)
noun
1.
plant life as a whole, esp the plant life of a particular region
2.
the process of vegetating
3. pathology
any abnormal growth, excrescence, etc
4.
a vegetative existence
Derived forms
vegetational (ˌvegeˈtational)
adjective
vegetatious (ˌvegeˈtatious)
adjective
vegetation in American English
(ˌvɛdʒəˈteɪʃən)
noun
1.
the act or process of vegetating
2.
plant life in general; specif., the flora of a specified region
3.
a dull, passive, unthinking existence
4. Medicine
any abnormal outgrowth on a part of the body
Derived forms
vegetational (ˌvegeˈtational)
adjective
Word origin
ML vegetatio, growth < LL, an enlivening: see vegetate
Examples of 'vegetation' in a sentence
vegetation
Perhaps what our wildlife needs from 2017 more than anything else is a drier spring and summer, of modest vegetation growth.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Living animals leapt and plunged all around my boot and then, as the vegetation got thicker and higher, they were in my face and around my head.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Other effects are damaged paint on automobiles and injured or killed vegetation and aquatic life.
McKenzie, James F. & Pinger, Robert R. An Introduction to Community Health (1995)
Tables are set in a covered garden and in two rooms adorned with equally lush vegetation and local art.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Soon the vegetation became more dense.
Christianity Today (2000)
They like tall woods without much vegetation underneath the trees, especially beech woods.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
My mind wanders to the settlers who cut through this thick vegetation 150 years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
These plants settled in the tropics and thrived, displacing much of the native vegetation.
Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
Now, the jigsaw of formal gardens and courtyards is dense with vegetation.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
These carnivores don't need the vegetation and the tree cover that takes so long to grow.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The approach is via steep steps through lush Mediterranean vegetation.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Foxes love dense vegetation, as they can lie there and snooze the day away in safety.
The Sun (2013)
New York has been transformed into a rainforest with raging rivers and thick vegetation mixed with the detritus of a destroyed city.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was probably easier to sail to other islands than traverse from one end of an island to the other through the overgrown vegetation of tropical woodlands.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
You then hurtle down the wires, 50ft above the lush vegetation in a harness.
The Sun (2009)
There was abundant vegetation and animal life, much of which seems to have been tropical in Nature.
Campbell, Eileen & Brennan, J. H. Dictionary of Mind, Body and Spirit (1994)
The shortage of rain reduced vegetation growth and, therefore, the amount of food available for the birds.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Last winter, sheep were sent in to graze, which helps to control the ground vegetation beneath the trees.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The cloud, which looks like an eruption column from a volcano, contains moisture from the burning trees and vegetation.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In other languages
vegetation
British English: vegetation /ˌvɛdʒɪˈteɪʃən/ NOUN
Vegetation is plants, trees, and flowers.
...tropical vegetation.
American English: vegetation
Arabic: نَبَات
Brazilian Portuguese: vegetação
Chinese: 植被
Croatian: raslinje
Czech: vegetace
Danish: vegetation
Dutch: vegetatie
European Spanish: vegetación
Finnish: kasvillisuus
French: végétation
German: Vegetation
Greek: βλάστηση
Italian: vegetazione
Japanese: 草木
Korean: 식물
Norwegian: vegetasjon
Polish: wegetacja
European Portuguese: vegetação
Romanian: vegetație
Russian: растительность
Latin American Spanish: vegetación
Swedish: växtlighet
Thai: พืชผัก
Turkish: bitki örtüsü
Ukrainian: рослинність
Vietnamese: thực vật
Chinese translation of 'vegetation'
vegetation
(vɛdʒɪˈteɪʃən) (frm)
n(u)
植物 (zhíwù)
(noun)
Definition
plant life as a whole
The inn has a garden of semi-tropical vegetation.
Synonyms
plants
flora
an extraordinary variety of flora and fauna
greenery
They've ordered a bit of greenery to brighten up the hospital.
foliage
plant life
verdure
herbiage (rare)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of flora
Definition
all the plant life of a given place or time
an extraordinary variety of flora and fauna
Synonyms
plants,
vegetation
in the sense of greenery
Definition
green leaves or growing plants
They've ordered a bit of greenery to brighten up the hospital.