plants in general, especially the plants that are found in a particular area or environment（统称）植物；（尤指某地或环境的）植被，植物群落，草木- The hills are covered in lush green vegetation.这片丘陵草木茂盛，郁郁葱葱。🔊🔊
- Desert areas have little vegetation.沙漠地区植被很少。
Extra Examples- As we drove towards the desert, the vegetation became sparse.我们驱车前往沙漠，沿途的草木渐渐变得稀疏。
- Removal of the natural vegetation has resulted in a loss of nutrients in the soil.破坏天然植被造成了土壤养分的流失。
- piles of rotting vegetation一堆堆逐渐腐烂的草木
Topics Plants and treesc1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + vegetation- be covered in
- be covered with
- destroy
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vegetation + verbvegetation + nounSee full entry Word Originmid 16th cent. (originally referring to the action or process of vegetating): from medieval Latin vegetatio(n-) ‘power of growth’, from the verb vegetare, from vegetus ‘active’, from vegere ‘be active’.