vegetation
Example Sentences
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Requirements to clear vegetation around homes, including the state’s upcoming Zone Zero regulations, are not enough to meaningfully reduce wildfire risk in the Palisades, with its steep topography and dense vegetation, the resiliency report found.
From Los Angeles Times
Under the tropical sun, vegetation has been encroaching on the vast concrete and metal structures that once vented flames created by giant rockets blasting off into space.
From Barron's
While bare ground and vegetation reflect less than 50 percent of the energy that reaches them, snow reflects about 80 percent.
From Science Daily
Properties in the neighborhood are spread out, often shielded by desert vegetation.
The houses on either side are over 20 paces away and mostly shielded from view by vegetation.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
