nouns
all the plant life in a particular region or period
"Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"
the process of growth in plants
is a type of (narrower)
(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
"he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"
an abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
is a type of (narrower)
(pathology) an abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body
inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life
"their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation"
is a type of (narrower)
quiet and inactive restfulness