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单词 revegetate
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revegetatev.

Brit. /ˌriːˈvɛdʒᵻteɪt/, U.S. /ˌriˈvɛdʒəˌteɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: re- prefix, vegetate v.
Etymology: < re- prefix + vegetate v. Compare post-classical Latin revegetare to revivfy, reinvigorate (13th cent. in a British source).
1.
a. intransitive. Of (a part of) a plant or plants: to grow or sprout again. Obsolete.In quot. 1659 with reference to a wasted limb regenerating as a branch of a tree regrows leaves.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > grow again
revert?1457
rebud1598
reburgeon1611
reshoota1618
regerminate1623
revegetate1659
1659 tr. R. Fludd Mosaicall Philos. ii. iii. iv. 256 The limbe so wasted, shall by little and little re-vegetate [L. regenerabitur] again.
1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 33 Whole tracts of them may be destroyed without their revegetating.
1790 H. Piozzi Thraliana 18 Mar. (1942) ii. 762 Forsyth's Power real or imaginary of healing wounded Plants, and making them revegetate is a strange Thing.
1807 Monthly Mag. June 442/2 It soon revegetated; flowered weakly in 1806; and, very strongly blossoms at present.
b. intransitive. Of disturbed or barren ground: to become recolonized by plants.
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1919 Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric. No. 791. 56 Taking into account the rate at which such areas may revegetate under different methods of management, a number of small sample plots were carefully selected.
1971 Jrnl. Range Managem. 24 333/2 There are extensive flats at about 3,200 feet. These have revegetated naturally.
1984 Miami Herald 27 Mar. 2 a/4 The main thrust of the flow is a fairly open area, which has not revegetated after a lava flow was laid down in the area by Mauna Loa in 1942.
2005 J. Myers Managing Horses on Small Properties 95 Logs, tree branches, bales of hay/straw and tyres can be used to divert water either permanently or until an area has revegetated.
2. transitive. Chiefly Ecology. To produce the growth of new vegetation on (disturbed or barren ground). Of a plant: to colonize (disturbed or barren ground).
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the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > cover with vegetation or grow over > anew
revegetate1871
1871 E. Pond Hist. God's Church i. xi. 150 When the earth is again destroyed, what more likely (reasoning from analogy) than that..the earth should be re-vegetated and re-fitted by creative power?
1905 F. E. Clements Res. Methods Ecol. iv. 267 New or denuded habitats arise the world over by the operation of the same or similar causes, and they are revegetated in consequence of the same reactions.
1955 Sci. Amer. June 50/3 Revegetating the area with plants more drought-resistant than the native flora and fertilizing the land are two of the most helpful measures.
1963 D. W. Humphries & E. E. Humphries tr. H. Termier & G. Termier Erosion & Sedimentation i. 20 The tropical jungles spread out north and south, revegetating the sands and ‘fixing’ the dunes.
1975 Sci. Amer. Dec. 27/2 Halogeton, a toxic weed, is among the first and most tenacious plants to revegetate disturbed desert land.
2005 J. Diamond Collapse (2006) xv. 455 It is instead necessary to cover and revegetate all areas that could be sources of acid drainage.

Derivatives

reˈvegetated adj.
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1920 J. E. Weaver Root Devel. Grassland Formation iv. 55 Several fine specimens, 6 to 8 inches tall, and in full bloom, were examined in a partially revegetated blowout.
1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 2 July Hodder's research involves comparing cattle weight gains on revegetated spoils that have been heavily fertilized to gains on unfertilized native range.
1996 Environmental Pollution 94 131 Several perennial forbs which are not noted as metal tolerant had colonized the revegetated area.
reˈvegetating adj.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > again
revegetating1747
1747 E. Litton Philos. Conjectures Aereal Infl. 29 They may be beneficial in repairing aqueous nutritive Consumptions, and diffuse a re-vegetating regenerating Moisture through the planetary Regions.
1804 ‘Gabrielli’ Something Odd! II. 124 When revegetating Nature invites us to enjoy her endless charms.
1857 H. Wilson Speech on President's Message (U.S. Senate) 16/2 Turn your attention..to your own dilapidated fields, where the revegetating forests are springing up.
1992 Ecography 15 199 Biological activity in the substrate of the slowly revegetating site..increased when transported to the more rapidly revegetating site.
revegeˈtation n.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > instance of > regrowth or growing again
resurrectionc1450
regermination1646
regrowth1741
revegetation1747
1747 J. Wheeler Mod. Druid 88 So great an obstruction to the revegetation of such plants.
1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm III. 960 The drill-harrows or grubber will be found necessary to prevent a re-vegetation of the weeds.
1927 Ecology 8 480 In this region of two-fold impoverishment it is not difficult to find, in close proximity, various stages of natural revegetation, and resoiling.
1998 Eng. Nature Jan. 7/3 The rate of rehabilitation and revegetation is extremely encouraging.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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