VEGETATION | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of vegetation in English

(Definition of vegetation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of vegetation from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of vegetation

vegetation
These results represent strong evidence of increased seed mass in the vegetation of north-facing grasslands, when compared to their south-facing counterparts.
The damage elephants cause to the vegetation cover therefore has an indirect effect on other ungulate populations, which has considerable implications for management authorities.
Small vegetations were observed on both the atrioventricular and arterial valves.
It is probable that the vegetation itself dislodged into the peripheral pulmonary arteries following its breakdown to tiny pieces.
Fuel wood from improved fallows on far m may provide a means to conserve the natural vegetation, which is under threat due to deforestation.
With the end of the rainy season, the soil and the vegetation quickly dry out.
At the live-fence sites the net line ran parallel to the barbed-wire fence and under the crowns of the live-fence trees and other associated vegetation.
In sites where visibility was too poor for observation of tadpoles, such as areas with submerged aquatic vegetation, microhabitats were sampled with a small dipnet.
We recorded the presence and mass of all vertebrates, as well as the fresh mass of aboveground vegetation.
The ravages of coast and countryside, the toll on vegetation, crops and buildings, were mediated by the television screen.
However, the patchy distribution of open clearings and former cultivated land inside the forest affected the location of vegetation plots.
The coverage of the vegetation is reduced from 50-60% in the lower part of the mountains to 20-30% in the upper part.
On reaching this area of heavier rainfall, the sand wasfixedby the perennial vegetation.
A total of 600 ticks were caught by sweeping lowlying vegetation of all accessible areas at the zoos with a cotton flag (flagging method).
The species occupies a diversity of habitat and vegetation types.
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Collocations with vegetation

vegetation

These are words often used in combination with vegetation.

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aquatic vegetation
In sites where visibility was too poor for observation of tadpoles, such as areas with submerged aquatic vegetation, microhabitats were sampled with a small dipnet.
dead vegetation
The plants covered about 33 per cent, of the ground, there were 18 to the square metre and the weight of one square metre of dead vegetation was 765 gms.
decaying vegetation
The tottering gravestones, overgrown with repulsively decaying vegetation, cast curious shadows over the fungus-strewn grass.
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Translations of vegetation

in Chinese (Traditional)
(總稱)植物, 植被,植物群落…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(总称)植物, 植被,植物群落…
in Spanish
vegetación…
in Portuguese
vegetação…
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झाडेझुडुपे, सर्वसाधारणपणे वनस्पती किंवा विशिष्ट क्षेत्रात आढळणारी वनस्पती…
植物, 植生…
bitkiler, bitki örtüsü, bitki örtüsü/topluluğu…
végétation…
vegetació…
vegetatie…
பொதுவாக தாவரங்கள், அல்லது ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட பகுதியில் காணப்படும் தாவரங்கள்…
(किसी क्षेत्र विशेष के) वनस्पति, पेड़ पौधे…
વનસ્પતિ…
vegetation…
vegetation…
tumbuh-tumbuhan…
die Vegetation…
vegetasjon, plantevekst…
ہریالی, پودے…
рослинність…
растительность…
సాధారణంగా మొక్కలు, లేదా ఒక నిర్దిష్ట ప్రాంతంలో కనిపించే మొక్కలు…
مِنطَقة نَباتِيّة…
গাছপালা, উদ্ভিদ…
rostlinstvo, vegetace…
tetumbuhan…
พืชผัก…
thực vật…
roślinność…
초목, 식물…
vegetazione…
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