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vegetated

vegetated

6.1
New plants grow from parts of another plant, not from seeds
  • adjective
  • /ˈvɛdʒɪˌteɪtɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : vegetativo
  • The nursery specializes in vegetated plugs for rapid landscape restoration.

Examples

  • The hillside was quickly stabilized with vegetated mats to prevent soil erosion.

  • Farmers often use vegetated strips along fields to improve water quality.

  • The vegetated area around the lake is beautiful.

  • This garden has vegetated patches that thrive in summer.

  • The hillside was quickly stabilized with vegetated mats to prevent soil erosion.

  • Farmers often use vegetated strips along fields to improve water quality.

  • The nursery specializes in vegetated plugs for rapid landscape restoration.

Synonyms

vegetative
vsvegetated
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Making new plants from parts like cuttings and runners

is the product of such asexual growth rather than seed origin

Surface Forms

vegetated positive

Morphology

vegetated = vegetate (semi-transparent) = vegetate + ed

Formally derived from 'vegetate' + -ed, but this sense references the technical botanical notion of 'vegetative growth/propagation', which may not be inferable to learners without subject knowledge.

Etymology

The word vegetated also comes from the Latin root veget- meaning 'growing', like in vegetable, and is used when plants make new growth from the plant itself rather than from seeds. That's why vegetated mats or strips mean the ground is quickly covered and held by plant growth such as runners or cuttings.