vegetation
n. uncountablen. all the plants that grow in a particular area. You use this word when talking about plants in general, like the green life in a forest or a garden.
n. the collective plant life of a specific region or habitat. Often used in ecological or geographical contexts to describe the total plant cover rather than individual species.
The tropical island is covered in thick, green vegetation.
After the heavy rains, the desert floor was suddenly hidden by a layer of low-lying vegetation.
The researchers documented how the local vegetation changed as they climbed higher up the mountain, moving from dense broadleaf forests to sparse alpine shrubs.
Borrowed from Middle French végétation, from Medieval Latin vegetātiōnem.
Uncountable; refers to plants collectively rather than individual specimens.