VEGETATION Synonyms

• the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants

• (architecture) leaf-like architectural ornament

• green foliage

• (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

• a progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

• something grown or growing

• buildings for carrying on industrial labor

• (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

• an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

• something planted secretly for discovery by another

• put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

• fix or set securely or deeply

• set up or lay the groundwork for

• place into a river

• place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive

• put firmly in the mind

• all the plant life in a particular region or period

• the branch of biology that studies plants