plants considered collectively, especially those found in a particular area or habitat 植被(尤指某一地区植被) the chalk cliffs are mainly sheer with little vegetation. 悬崖上光秃秃一片,没有任何植物。
the action or process of vegetating (植物的)生长
派生 vegetational adjective 语源
mid 16th cent. (in sense 2): from medieval Latin vegetatio(n-) 'power of growth', from the verb vegetare (see vegetate)