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