vegetation

noun

1. (uncountable)Plants, taken collectively.

   “There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.”

   “Thus the growth of vegetation, though effected in a greater or less degree by the strong wind, the violent rain, and the heat and glare of the noonday sun, is yet still more effectually promoted by the mild action of the gentler breezes, the softly descending dew, and the less intense heat.”

   “As soon as the faintest ray of light reaches a seedling, heliotropism will guide it through any crack in the soil, or through an entangled mass of overlying vegetation; […]”

   “Similarity of vegetation on meadows was the result of heavy grazing and trampling by large numbers of driveway sheep before the study was begun.”

   “As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast.”

2. (countable)An abnormal verrucous or fibrinous growth
3. (countable, uncountable)The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.