vegetations
Lush green coverings
Vegetations is the plural of vegetation, most often encountered in medical contexts.
In cardiology, vegetations are abnormal growths on heart valves, typically caused by bacterial infection (endocarditis): The echocardiogram revealed vegetations on the mitral valve.
Outside medicine, vegetations occasionally refers to distinct plant communities or types of plant cover across different areas.
Photosynthesizing rooted organisms
- floraPlants of a region
- greeneryCollective plant life
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- undergrowthLow forest vegetation
groundcover · shrubs · ferns · mosses · lichens · vines · weeds · grasses
Tissue that develops abnormally
- lesionsAreas of damaged tissue
- endocarditisInflamed inner heart lining
- emboliCirculating vascular obstructions
- thrombiIntravascular coagulated masses
excrescences · murmur · echocardiogram · mitral valve · tricuspid · infective
Major ecological community types
- ecosystemsInterdependent organism-environment systems
- habitatsNative dwelling places
- plant communitiesSpecies coexisting in habitats
- grasslandsOpen grassy terrain
wetlands · mangroves · tundra · savanna · chaparral · scrubland · marshland · biodiversity
plants
Photosynthesizing rooted organisms
undergrowth · groundcover · shrubs · ferns · mosses · lichens · vines · weeds · grasses · herbs
growths
Tissue that develops abnormally
- lesionsAreas of damaged tissue
- endocarditisInflamed inner heart lining
- emboliCirculating vascular obstructions
thrombi · excrescences · murmur · echocardiogram · mitral valve · tricuspid · infective
biomes
Major ecological community types
- ecosystemsInterdependent organism-environment systems
- habitatsNative dwelling places
- plant communitiesSpecies coexisting in habitats
grasslands · wetlands · mangroves · tundra · savanna · chaparral · scrubland · marshland · biodiversity · native species
vegetationsfauna
Animal life collectively
animal life · animals · wildlife · animal kingdom · creatures
vegetationswasteland
Uninhabitable barren region
desert · pavement · deforestation · cleared land · bare rock
- rainforest vegetationPlants in tropical woodlands
- dense vegetationClosely packed plant growth
- lush vegetationDense thriving plant life
- native vegetationPlants indigenous to an area
- emergent vegetationPlants rooted underwater, stems above
- sparse vegetationMinimal plant life present