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Vegetation of salts

Vegetation \Veg`e*ta"tion\, n. [Cf. F. v['e]g['e]tation, L. vegetatio an enlivening. See Vegetable.]

  1. The act or process of vegetating, or growing as a plant does; vegetable growth.

  2. The sum of vegetable life; vegetables or plants in general; as, luxuriant vegetation.

  3. (Med.) An exuberant morbid outgrowth upon any part, especially upon the valves of the heart.

    Vegetation of salts (Old Chem.), a crystalline growth of an arborescent form.

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vegetation of salts

n. (context chemistry obsolete English) A crystalline growth of an arborescent form.