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PLANT LIFE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("plant life" is a kind of...):
being; organism (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently)
Meronyms (parts of "plant life"):
cap; hood (a protective covering that is part of a plant)
plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Domain member category:
deciduous ((of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season)
evergreen ((of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year)
campylotropous ((of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk)
monocotyledonous ((of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies)
dicotyledonous ((of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed)
tender ((of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition)
blanched; etiolate; etiolated ((especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light)
insectivorous ((of animals and plants) feeding on insects)
saprophytic ((of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter)
carnivorous ((used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals)
pappose ((of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles)
hispid ((of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles)
orthotropous ((of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex)
anatropous; inverted ((of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk)
amphitropous ((of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk)
epiphytotic ((of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area)
amentaceous; amentiferous ((of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins)
half-hardy ((of plants) requiring protection from frost)
gregarious ((of plants) growing in groups that are close together)
clustered (growing close together but not in dense mats)
ungregarious ((of plants) growing together in groups that are not close together)
caespitose; cespitose; tufted ((of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts)
leggy; tall-growing ((of plants) having tall spindly stems)
endangered ((of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction)
threatened ((of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered)
botany; flora; vegetation (all the plant life in a particular region or period)
circulation (free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant))
fugaciousness; fugacity (the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts))
coca (dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect)
parasite (an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); it obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host)
micro-organism; microorganism (any organism of microscopic size)
squamule (a minute scale)
botanical medicine; herbal therapy; phytotherapy (the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet))
nitrification (the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants))
perennation (the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant))
photosynthesis (synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants))
alder blight (a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse))
peroxidase (any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide)
tenderiser; tenderizer (a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender)
propagate (cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering)
etiolate (bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight)
bruise (damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure)
cultivate; domesticate; naturalise; naturalize; tame (adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment)
accrete (grow together (of plants and organs))
deaden; girdle (cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients)
acid-loving (thriving in a relatively acidic environment (especially of plants requiring a pH well below 7))
alkaline-loving (thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7))
apocarpous ((of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses)
syncarpous ((of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels)
sedgy (covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants))
floccose ((of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plant life"):
myrmecophyte (plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it)
autophyte; autophytic plant; autotroph; autotrophic organism (plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances)
rock plant (plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden)
aerophyte; air plant; epiphyte; epiphytic plant (plant that derives moisture and nutrients from the air and rain; usually grows on another plant but not parasitic on it)
poisonous plant (a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism)
tracheophyte; vascular plant (green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms)
garden plant (any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden)
houseplant (any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes)
gametophyte (the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations)
sporophyte (the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations)
monocarp; monocarpic plant; monocarpous plant (a plant that bears fruit once and dies)
embryo ((botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium)
neophyte (a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously)
hygrophyte (a plant that grows in a moist habitat)
escape (a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild)
perennial ((botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more)
phytoplankton (photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae)
microflora (microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora)
crop (a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale)
endemic (a plant that is native to a certain limited area)
holophyte (an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis)
non-flowering plant (a plant that does not bear flowers)
plantlet (a young plant or a small plant)
wilding (a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree))
ornamental (any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value)
pot plant (a plant suitable for growing in a flowerpot (especially indoors))
acrogen (any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem)
apomict (a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis)
aquatic (a plant that lives in or on water)
cryptogam (formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi)
annual ((botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year)
biennial ((botany) a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season)
Holonyms ("plant life" is a member of...):
kingdom Plantae; plant kingdom; Plantae ((botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants)
