单词 | vegetation |
释义 | vegetation —vegetational, adj. —vegetationless, adj. /vej'i tay"sheuhn/, n. 1. all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley. 2. the act or process of vegetating. 3. a dull existence; life devoid of mental or social activity. 4. Pathol. a morbid growth, or excrescence. [1555-65; < ML vegetation- (s. of vegetatio), equiv. to vegetat- (see VEGETATE) + -ion- -ION] Syn. 3. inactivity, idleness, sloth, lethargy. |
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