🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

vegetação selvagem

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vejetasao selvajem

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wild Vegetation/waɪld ˌvɛdʒəˈteɪʃən/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A vegetação selvagem é essencial para o ecossistema."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Plants and plant communities that grow naturally in an area without human intervention.

    "The forest is home to a diverse range of wild vegetation that thrives in the absence of human activity."
  2. 2

    A type of flora that is not cultivated and exists in its natural habitat.

    "The wild vegetation along the riverbank provides essential habitat for local wildlife."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'vegetation' originates from the Latin 'vegetatio', meaning 'growth' or 'to grow', which evolved through Middle French before entering English. 'Wild' derives from Old English 'wild', meaning 'untamed' or 'natural', reflecting a historical context of nature's unaltered state.

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