Vĕġ'e-tā'tion, n.

n. [Fr. végétation, Pr. vegetacio, Sp. vegetacion, It. vegetazione, from Lat. vegetatio, an enlivening. See supra.]

1. The act or process of vegetating or growing, as a plant; vegetable growth.
2. The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general.

Vegetation of salts (Chem.), a crystalline concretion formed by salts, after solution in water, when set in the air for evaporation. These concretions appear round the surface of the liquor, affixed to the sides of the vessel, and are often in branching forms resembling plants. 3. (Med.) (a.) A morbid excrescence on the valves of the heart, in syphilis. (b.) A fleshy granulation at the surface of a wound or ulcer. Dunglison.