Category:Vegetation

Veg`e*ta"tion, n. Etym: [cf. F. végétation, l. vegetatio an Enlivening. See vegetable.]

1. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; Vegetable growth.

2. The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, Luxuriant vegetation.

3. (med.)

Defn: an exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon The valves of the heart. Vegetation of salts (old chem.), a Crystalline growth of an arborescent form.