vegetación

Definitions of vegetación
  1. noun
    inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life
  2. noun
    all the plant life in a particular region or period
    synonyms: flora
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    fauna
    all the animal life in a particular region or period
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    boscaje, bosquete, broza, floresta, maraña, matorral
    a dense growth of bushes
    breña, maleza, matorral
    dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes
    bosque, selva
    the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area
    jardín
    the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden
    soto
    an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
    cañizal, cañizar
    a dense growth of cane (especially giant cane)
    arboleda
    a small growth of trees without underbrush
    selva, selva tropical
    a forest with heavy annual rainfall
    sotobosque
    the brush (small trees and bushes and ferns etc.) growing beneath taller trees in a wood or forest
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    acumulación, agregación, colección, cúmulo
    several things grouped together or considered as a whole
  3. noun
    (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level
    synonyms: crecimiento, cultivo, desarrollo, ontogénesis
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    cierne, eclosión, florecimiento
    the time and process of budding and unfolding of blossoms
    foliación
    (botany) the process of forming leaves
    germinación
    the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow
    proliferación
    growth by the rapid multiplication of parts
    arraigo
    the process of putting forth roots and beginning to grow
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    proceso biológico
    a process occurring in living organisms
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