— vegetational , adj. — vegetationless , adj.
/vej'i tay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. all the plants or plant life of a place, taken as a whole: the vegetation of the Nile valley.
2. the act or process of vegetating.
3. a dull existence; life devoid of mental or social activity.
4. Pathol. a morbid growth, or excrescence.
[ 1555-65; vegetation- (s. of vegetatio ), equiv. to vegetat- (see VEGETATE) + -ion- -ION ]
Syn. 3. inactivity, idleness, sloth, lethargy.