revegetate

R1E1V4E1G2E1T1A1T1E1

verb

To grow again (of a plant, leaf etc.).

RareFirst used 17th–19th c.Scrabble 14
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbrevegetate (third-person singular simple present revegetates, present participle revegetating, simple past and past participle revegetated)

present singular third person revegetates · participle present revegetating · participle past revegetated · past revegetated

  1. intransitiveobsoleteTo grow again (of a plant, leaf etc.).First known use 17th–19th c.

    Forsyth's Power real or imaginary of healing wounded Plants, and making them revegetate is a strange Thing:—more strange than true I fancy […].

    1790 March 18, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana
  2. transitivebiologyTo produce new vegetation on (a barren ground or area); to colonize (barren ground).First known use 19th c.
  3. intransitiveTo become recolonized by plants.First known use 20th c.

Origin

From re- + vegetate.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

revegetate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revegetate

MLA

“revegetate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revegetate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “revegetate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/revegetate.

Source: revegetate on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.