revegetate

revegetate
/ree vej"i tayt'/, v., revegetated, revegetating.
v.t.
1. to cause vegetation to grow again on: to revegetate eroded lands.
v.i.
2. to grow again, as plants.
[1760-70; RE- + VEGETATE]

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