nnoun.groupall the plant life in a particular region or periodTopic:floraplantplant life
Synset:botany flora
Examples:- Pleistocene vegetation
- the flora of southern California
- the botany of China
Antonyms:fauna
Derivationally Related Form:vegetate
Member Holonyms:biology biota
Hypernyms:accumulation aggregation assemblage collection
Inherited Hypernyms:vegetationcollectiongroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:brierbrier patchbrierpatchbrowsebrushbrushwoodbushchaparralcoppicecopseforestgardenground covergroundcovergrowthscrubshrubberystandthicketwoodwoods
Full Hyponyms:baby's tearsboskbrakebrierbrowsebrushcanebrakeforestgardengroundcovergrovegrowthjungleold growthpearlwortrain forestrupturewortscrubsecond growthshrubberyspinneystandtemperate rain foresttropical rain forestunderbrushwhitlowwort
nnoun.processthe process of growth in plantsDerivationally Related Form:vegetate
Hypernyms:development growing growth maturation ontogenesis ontogeny
Inherited Hypernyms:vegetationgrowthorganic processprocessphysical entityentity
nnoun.bodyan abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)Derivationally Related Form:vegetate
Hypernyms:excrescence
Inherited Hypernyms:vegetationexcrescencegrowthillnessill healthpathological statephysical conditionconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:vegetationexcrescenceprocessbody partpartthingphysical entityentity
nnoun.actinactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant lifeExamples:- their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation
Derivationally Related Form:vegetate
Hypernyms:dormancy quiescence quiescency sleeping
Inherited Hypernyms:vegetationquiescencerestinactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity