vegetation

Everyday

1. Vegetation means all the plants that grow in a place, such as trees, bushes, grass and flowers, taken together. tree →
2. (medicine, rare) It can also mean a growth on a part of the body, but pupils will meet only the plant meaning. tree →

In the lessons

In geography lessons, vegetation is a key word when describing biomes and landscapes: thick vegetation in rainforests, little vegetation in deserts, low vegetation in the tundra. In science, vegetation is food and shelter for animals and holds soil together, which stops erosion and floods. Phrases: thick vegetation, natural vegetation, lush vegetation, sparse vegetation, vegetation cover.

Examples

• The rainforest is full of thick green vegetation. tree →
• There is very little vegetation in the desert. tree →
• Goats ate all the vegetation on the hill. tree →
• The explorers cut their way through dense vegetation. tree →
• Vegetation along the river bank stops the soil washing away. tree →
• After the bushfire the vegetation slowly grew back. tree →
• The map showed the different types of vegetation. tree →
• Cold winds mean the tundra has only low vegetation. tree →
• While passing that desert he had to journey for a couple of days through a sandy plain, with no signs of life or vegetation. tree →

Note

Uncountable: «a lot of vegetation», «little vegetation», not «vegetations». Pronounced «vej-uh-TAY-shun». A more formal, geography word for «plants». Related words: vegetable, vegetarian, vegetate (to sit doing nothing). Do not confuse with «vegetable», which means a plant or part of one eaten as food.