Meaning & use
lush vegetation
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Meaning
phraseuncountable
Plants that grow thickly, healthily, and in large amounts, usually in a warm or wet place.
Grammar: Used as an uncountable noun phrase; it does not take 'a' or a plural form.
Patterns
- an area of lush vegetation
- surrounded by lush vegetation
- grow lush vegetation
The riverbank was covered in lush vegetation after the rainy season.
We walked through lush vegetation that reached above our heads.
The garden's lush vegetation made it feel like a small jungle.
Common combinations
- dense vegetation
- The hikers struggled through dense vegetation.
- tropical vegetation
- Tropical vegetation grew along both sides of the road.
- green vegetation
- From the plane we could see green vegetation for miles.
- lush green
- The hills were lush green after the spring rains.
Synonyms and how they differ
- luxuriant vegetation
- Sounds more literary and formal than 'lush vegetation'.
- dense vegetation
- Focuses on how tightly packed the plants are, not on how healthy they look.
- greenery
- A more everyday word for green plants in general, often used in towns and gardens.
Opposites
Word family
- lush adjective
- Growing thickly and healthily, used especially of plants.
- lushly adverb
- In a thick, healthy, green way, as in 'lushly planted gardens'.
- vegetation noun
- Plants in general, especially those growing in a particular area.
Commonly confused: lush vegetation or luxurious?
lush vegetation vs luxurious
Means expensive and comfortable, not thick and green. 'Lush' describes plants; 'luxurious' describes hotels, cars, or lifestyles.
Practice
The valley is known for its ______ vegetation, which stays green all year.
Choose one answer.
'Lush' is the adjective that describes thick, healthy plant growth before a noun. 'Lushes' is a plural noun for heavy drinkers, 'lushly' is an adverb, and 'lushness' is a noun, so none of them can modify 'vegetation' here.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “lush vegetation”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.