Vegetation

/ˌvɛdʒəˈteɪʃən/ noun

Definition

Vegetation means all the plants growing in a particular area. It can describe anything from thick jungle plants to the short grass in a field.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin 'vegetatio', meaning 'growth or animation', from 'vegetare' meaning 'to make grow'. English extended it to refer specifically to plant life as a whole in a place.

Kelly Says

When scientists say ‘dense vegetation’, they’re packing forests, bushes, moss, and more into one word. It’s like a zoomed-out view of plant life, where you stop naming individual species and just see a green blanket. The word turns chaos into a single, manageable idea.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
አምባ
am-ba
ARالعربية
غطاء النبات
ghatha-an-na-baht
BNবাংলা
জীবজন্তু
jee-b-jan-too
CACatalà
Vegetació
veh-eh-tah-thee-ohn
CSČeština
rostlinstvo
roh-stl-in-st-vo
DADansk
vegetation
veh-eh-tah-tsye-ohn
DEDeutsch
Vegetation
veh-eh-tah-tsye-ohn
ELΕλληνικά
φύση
fee-seh
ESEspañol
vegetación
veh-heh-tah-syohn
FAفارسی
گیاه
gah-yeh
FISuomi
kasvillisuus
kas-vi-li-soo-s
FRFrançais
végétation
ve-zhe-ta-syohn
GUGU
વનસ્પતિ
van-spa-tee
HAHA
shuke
shoo-keh
HEעברית
צומח
tsom-akh
HIहिन्दी
वनस्पति
van-spa-tee
HUMagyar
növényzet
no-veh-zet
IDBahasa Indonesia
tumbuhan
tum-buhn-an
IGIG
ụmụ
oo-moo
ITItaliano
vegetazione
veh-heh-tah-tsyo-neh
JA日本語
植生
shoku-sei
KKKK
топырақ
to-py-rak
KMKM
ការ
ka-ar
KO한국어
식생
sik-saeng
MRMR
वनस्पती
van-spa-tee
MSBahasa Melayu
tumbuhan
tum-buhn-an
MYမြန်မာ
ပင်လယ်
pin-leh
NLNederlands
begroeiing
be-groe-ing
NONorsk
vegetasjon
veh-eh-tah-tsye-ohn
PAPA
ਸ਼ਾਕ
shaak
PLPolski
roślinność
roh-sh-lin-no-st
PTPortuguês
Vegetação
veh-heh-tah-syohn
RORomână
vegetație
veh-heh-tah-thee
RUРусский
вегетация
veh-heh-tah-tsi-ya
SVSvenska
vegetation
veh-eh-tah-tsye-ohn
SWKiswahili
mimea
mee-mee-ah
TAதமிழ்
தாவரம்
tha-va-ram
TEతెలుగు
వృక్ష
vruksham
THไทย
พืช
pheet
TLTL
halaman
ha-la-han
TRTürkçe
bitki örtüsü
bit-kee or-tsu
UKУкраїнська
рослинність
ro-sly-n-nist
URاردو
جڑی بوٹیاں
jar-ee boo-tee-an
VITiếng Việt
sinh vật
sinh vat
YOYO
ọ̀pọ̀
oh-poh
ZH中文
植被
zhí bèi
ZUZU
imfuyo
im-foo-yo

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