What does "revegetate" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "revegetate"?

Common synonyms include: greening.

verb

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Verb

1
To grow again (of a plant, leaf etc.). intransitive, obsolete
"Forsyth's Power real or imaginary of healing wounded Plants, and making them revegetate is a strange Thing:—more strange than true I fancy […]."
2
To produce new vegetation on (a barren ground or area); to colonize (barren ground). transitive
3
To become recolonized by plants. intransitive

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

From re- + vegetate.