noun (pl2=vaginae)

1. (anatomy) The passage leading from the opening of the vulva to the cervix of the uterus in female mammals.
2. (zoology) A similar part in some invertebrates.
3. (botany) A sheath-like structure, such as the leaf of a grass that surrounds a stem.
4. (colloquial) The vulva.

noun

1. (botany): Any plant possessing vascular tissue (xylem and phloem), including ferns, conifers, and flowering plants.

noun

1. (anatomy): The artery, arteries, veins,capillary, capillaries, and associated tissues in an animal.
2. (context, Phytotomy): The xylem, phloem, and associated tissues in a vascular plant.

noun

1. Any plant.
2. A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit in the culinary sense.
3. The edible part of such a plant.
4. (Metaph.) A person whose body or brain has been damaged so that they cannot interact with the surrounding environment.

adjective

1. Of or relating to plants.
2. Of or relating to vegetables.

noun

1. Plants collectively.

There were large amounts of vegetation in the forest.
also you could say "there are large amounts of vegetation growing in the forest"

adjective

1. Of, or relating to plants; especially to their growth.
2. (biology) Of, or relating to functions such as growth, nutrition and asexual reproduction rather than sexual reproduction.
3. Physically inactive.
4. (medicine) Of a state of impaired brain function, where a person can respond to some stimuli but is incapable of voluntary acts.

noun

1. (anatomy) A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillary, capillaries back to the heart.
2. (used in plural veins) The entrails of a shrimp.
3. (botany) In leaves, a thickened portion of the leaf containing the vascular bundle.
4. (zoology) The nervure of an insect"s wing.
5. A stripe or streak of a different colour or composition in materials such as wood, cheese, marble or other rocks.
6. A topic of discussion.

...and on a different vein, can we discuss...

1. A style, tendency, or quality of something.

noun (plural veinlets)

1. A small or secondary vein, especially on the wing of an insect.

adjective (comparative veinier, superlative veiniest)

1. Having prominent veins.

adjective

1. green, Green in colour.
2. abundant, Abundant in verdure.
3. fresh, Fresh.
4. inexperienced, Inexperienced.

noun

1. A condition of health and vigour.
2. The greenness of lush or growing vegetation; also: the vegetation itself.

adjective

1. capable of doing many things competently
2. having varied uses or many functions
3. changeable or inconstant
4. (biology) capable of moving freely in all directions
5. (context, gay slang) Of a homosexual man, not having a preference for penetrating or being penetrated in anal sex.

noun

1. (nautical) A general term for all kinds of craft designed for transportation on water, such as ships or boats.

1. • 1719: w:Daniel Defoe, Daniel Defoe, w:Robinson Crusoe, Robinson Crusoe
     
   • : ''But my hope was, that if I stood along this coast till I came to that part where the English traded, I should find some of their vessels upon their usual design of trade, that would relieve and take us in.
     1. A container.
     2. A person as a container of qualities or feelings.
   • Dolly Parton, The Seeker lyrics:
     
   • :I am a that"s empty and useless <BR />I am a bad seed that fell by the way<BR />I am a loser that wants to be a winner<BR />And you are my last hope<BR />Don"t turn me away.
     1. (biology) A tube or canal that carries fluid in an animal or plant.

     blood or lymph vessels in humans, xylem or phloem vessels in plants

adjective

1. (archaic) Able to live on its own (as for a newborn.)
2. Able to be done, possible.

adjective

1. physically strong and active

adjective

1. being hairy, covered with soft long hair

noun (vill, i)

1. (biology) a small projection from a mucous membrane, particularly those found in the intestines

noun

1. Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle

adjective

1. viscous, Viscous; having a high viscosity.
2. Sticky, slimy, or glutinous.
3. Covered with a viscid layer.

adjective

1. A 'born alive' birth of a biological animal, such as most mammals, some reptiles and a few fish (as opposed to an egg-laying animal such as a chicken)

adverb viviparously :Dutch: levendbarend

1. (defn, English)