Historical Examples. 1  The vegetation was extravagant in its luxuriance and splendor. 2  Except a few lichens, there was not a mark of vegetation about it. 3  The grotto was completely lost to sight beneath the onslaught of vegetation. 4  The work of vegetation begins first in the irritability of the bark and leaf-buds. Essays, First Series Ralph Waldo Emerson There was no soil, no moss, no lichen, no trace of vegetation.
Nutrition labels tell you how much crude protein is in food. Protein is key to good health -- it's involved in immune function, oxygen transport and maintaining strong muscle tissue. Crude protein is a measure of how much protein is in food, based on laboratory tests studying the food's chemical composition. When you look for protein content on a food's nutrition label, the number you see refers to crude protein.
Similarly, a lower protein percentage isn't automatically bad, provided that the protein included in the food comes from a good source (such as real chicken or real lamb meat). Don't rely solely on the percentage of crude protein shown in the guaranteed analysis on the package.