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vegetación

vegetation

noun beh-heh-tah-SYOHN Rare
Animals & Nature Plants

Origin: From Latin vegetatio, from vegetare ('to enliven').

Usage Note

Vegetación is an uncountable noun in its primary sense (the general plant cover of an area); use las plantas or las especies vegetales when referring to individual plants. The adjective vegetal ('plant, vegetable') comes from the same root. Vegetación exuberante ('lush vegetation') is a very common colocation.

Examples

"La vegetación del trópico es muy exuberante."

Natural Translation

The vegetation of the tropics is very lush.

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