Definition of plant life Plant life
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| plant life - (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion | ||
| plant, flora | ||
| being, organism the state or fact of existing; "a point of view gradually coming into being"; "laws in existence for centuries" | ||
| kingdom plantae, plant kingdom, plantae (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants | ||
| phytology, botany the branch of biology that studies plants | ||
| phytoplankton photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae | ||
| cap, hood a tight-fitting headdress | ||
| microflora microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora | ||
| crop the stock or handle of a whip | ||
| endemic a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island" | ||
| 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 an outrageous rampage usually involving sexual attacks by men on women | ||
| 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 a reference book that is published regularly once every 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 | ||
| perennial (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more | ||
| escape the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt" | ||
| hygrophyte a plant that grows in a moist habitat | ||
| neophyte a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously | ||
| embryo an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life | ||
| monocarp, monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant a plant that bears fruit once and dies | ||
| sporophyte the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations | ||
| gametophyte the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations | ||
| houseplant any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes | ||
| garden plant any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden | ||
| tracheophyte, vascular plant green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms | ||
| plant part, plant structure any part of a plant or fungus | ||
| poisonous plant a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism | ||
| 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 | ||
| rock plant plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden | ||
| autophyte, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances | ||
| myrmecophyte plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it | ||
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plant life
The plants that inhabit a certain region or environment.
