Hyphenation of vegetation

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word vegetation? This word can be hyphenated and contains 4 syllables as shown below.

veg-e-ta-tion

Definitions of vegetation:

1.	All the plant life in a particular region or period Pleistocene vegetation The flora of southern California The botany of China
2.	The process of growth in plants
3.	An abnormal growth or excrescence (especially a warty excrescence on the valves of the heart)
4.	Inactivity that is passive and monotonous, comparable to the inactivity of plant life Their holiday was spent in sleep and vegetation

Synonyms of vegetation:

noun	flora, collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
noun	growth, growing, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis
noun	excrescence
noun	quiescence, quiescency, dormancy, sleeping

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.