as in foliage
green leaves or plants the local vegetation is flourishing as a result of the recent rains

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Recent Examples of vegetation Of course, this is highly dependent on your type of spill, daytime and nighttime temperatures, and the type of vegetation. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2024 Hot, dry air can rapidly extract moisture from vegetation, especially when that air is being continuously replenished by strong desert winds. Ned Kleiner, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024 The cavernous main gallery is a maze of shadows and imitation mud walls, where masks look out from between oversized photographs of tropical vegetation. Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2024 The imagery of specifics, like roof characteristics, surrounding vegetation and defensible space are all fed into customer AI datasets. Diana Olick, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for vegetation 

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“Vegetation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vegetation. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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