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Definition of Plant life
1. Noun. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion.
Generic synonyms: Being, Organism
Examples of category: Botanical Medicine, Herbal Therapy, Phytotherapy, Micro-organism, Microorganism, Parasite, Coca, Fugaciousness, Fugacity, Circulation, Botany, Flora, Vegetation, Squamule, Nitrification, Perennation, Photosynthesis, Alder Blight, Peroxidase, Tenderiser, Tenderizer, Propagate, Etiolate, Bruise, Cultivate, Domesticate, Naturalise, Naturalize, Tame, Accrete, Deaden, Girdle, Acid-loving, Alkaline-loving, Apocarpous, Syncarpous, Sedgy, Floccose, Hispid, Pappose, Carnivorous, Saprophytic, Insectivorous, Blanched, Etiolate, Etiolated, Tender, Dicotyledonous, Monocotyledonous, Evergreen, Deciduous, Campylotropous, Orthotropous, Anatropous, Inverted, Amphitropous, Epiphytotic, Amentaceous, Amentiferous, Half-hardy, Gregarious, Clustered, Ungregarious, Caespitose, Cespitose, Tufted, Leggy, Tall-growing, Endangered, Threatened
Specialized synonyms: Phytoplankton, Microflora, Crop, Endemic, Holophyte, Non-flowering Plant, Plantlet, Wilding, Ornamental, Pot Plant, Acrogen, Apomict, Aquatic, Cryptogam, Annual, Biennial, Perennial, Escape, Hygrophyte, Neophyte, Embryo, Monocarp, Monocarpic Plant, Monocarpous Plant, Sporophyte, Gametophyte, Houseplant, Garden Plant, Tracheophyte, Vascular Plant, Poisonous Plant, Aerophyte, Air Plant, Epiphyte, Epiphytic Plant, Rock Plant, Autophyte, Autophytic Plant, Autotroph, Autotrophic Organism, Myrmecophyte
Category relationships: Botany, Phytology
Terms within: Cap, Hood, Plant Part, Plant Structure
Group relationships: Kingdom Plantae, Plant Kingdom, Plantae
Derivative terms: Floral, Plant, Plantal, Plantlet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Plant Life
Literary usage of Plant life
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Differences between arctic and alpine plant-structure, iv. The Upper Limit of
Plant-life in High Mountains. Saussurea tridactyla. i. ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Plant-life is so common that one rarely stops to think how utterly dependent we
are upon the quiet, but magnificently powerful work which they are ..."
3. Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians by Wilfred William Robbins, John Peabody Harrington, Barbara W. Freire-Marreco (1916)
"TEWA CONCEPTS OF plant life FUNCTIONS OF PLANT PARTS We speak of the functions
of certain plant parts; for example, wo say the leaf makes food for the plant ..."
4. Catalogueby Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) by Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) (1884)
"Freaks and Marvels of plant life ; or, illus [1881] С 1638 Curiosities of
Vegetation, pp. «¡¡+463, Illustrations of British Fungi ..."
5. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"Differences between arctic and alpine plant-structure, iv. The Upper Limit of
Plant-life in High Mountains. Saussurea tridactyla. i. ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"Minnesota plant life.2—The broad scope of the botanical work that is being done
... Minnesota plant life is the third volume of the botanical series of the ..."
7. Public Utilities; Their Cost New and Depreciation by Hammond Vinton Hayes (1913)
"Life of plant. LIFE OF PLANT 112. Continuation of undertaking. 113. Interest of
public in operation of public utility. 114. ..."
8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Plant-life is so common that one rarely stops to think how utterly dependent we
are upon the quiet, but magnificently powerful work which they are ..."
9. Ethnobotany of the Tewa Indians by Wilfred William Robbins, John Peabody Harrington, Barbara W. Freire-Marreco (1916)
"TEWA CONCEPTS OF plant life FUNCTIONS OF PLANT PARTS We speak of the functions
of certain plant parts; for example, wo say the leaf makes food for the plant ..."
10. Catalogueby Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) by Brown University, Brown University Class of 1838, Washburn Observatory, Library, Manton Free Library, Exeter, R.I. Manton Free Library, Colorado State Library, Class of 1838, Woodman Astronomical Library, Exeter (R.I.), Liverpool (England) (1884)
"Freaks and Marvels of plant life ; or, illus [1881] С 1638 Curiosities of
Vegetation, pp. «¡¡+463, Illustrations of British Fungi ..."
11. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1900)
"Minnesota plant life.2—The broad scope of the botanical work that is being done
... Minnesota plant life is the third volume of the botanical series of the ..."
12. Public Utilities; Their Cost New and Depreciation by Hammond Vinton Hayes (1913)
"Life of plant. LIFE OF PLANT 112. Continuation of undertaking. 113. Interest of
public in operation of public utility. 114. ..."
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