英语词汇“plant life”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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plant life: plant lives

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The interior of the desert, an area nearly as big as West Virginia, is mostly devoid of plant life.

Science Magazine(Dec 15, 2016)

It's not just bad news for the Bermuda skinks - removing rocks from their natural place also damages native plant life and disturbs nesting seabirds.

BBC(Dec 08, 2016)

So marine-based plant life is the next big thing for us, incorporating kelp and seaweeds into the American diet.”

The Guardian(Nov 17, 2016)

n (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

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flora, plant

Yggdrasil

(Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together

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

perennial

(botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more

escape

a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

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

(botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium

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

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

planktonic algae

unicellular algae

diatom

microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica

thallophyte

any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf

nonflowering plant, pteridophyte

plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores

phanerogam, seed plant, spermatophyte

plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores

wild flower, wildflower

wild or uncultivated flowering plant

megagametophyte

the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores

microgametophyte

the male gametophyte produced by a microspore

aconite

any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers

baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher

a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries

hellebore

any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus

dogbane

any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root

Nerium oleander, oleander, rose bay

an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions

Aglaonema modestum, Chinese evergreen, Japanese leaf

erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves

anthurium, tail-flower, tailflower

any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers

Rivina humilis, blood berry, bloodberry, rouge plant, rougeberry

bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas

Gynura aurantiaca, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant, velvet plant

Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs

flowering maple

an ornamental plant of the genus Abutilon having leaves that resemble maple leaves

herb, herbaceous plant

a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Exacum affine, Persian violet

perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers

Clusia insignis, waxflower

epiphytic clusia of British Guiana

halophyte

plant growing naturally in very salty soil

Gloriosa superba, climbing lily, creeping lily, gloriosa, glory lily

any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous

Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides, black moss, long moss, old man's beard

dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America

Symphoricarpos alba, common snowberry, snowberry, waxberry

deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries

American holly, Christmas holly

an evergreen tree

Rhus vernix, Toxicodendron vernix, poison ash, poison dogwood, poison sumac

smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil

Rhus radicans, Toxicodendron radicans, markweed, poison ivy, poison mercury, poison oak

climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact

Rhus diversiloba, Toxicodendron diversilobum, western poison oak

poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact

Rhus quercifolia, Rhus toxicodenedron, Toxicodendron quercifolium, eastern poison oak

poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact

Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Japanese varnish tree, Rhus verniciflua, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, lacquer tree, varnish tree

small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained

aeschynanthus

a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex

episcia

any plant of the genus Episcia; usually creeping and stoloniferous and of cascading habit; grown for their colorful foliage and flowers

gloxinia

any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers

kohleria

shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers

plectranthus

any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus

lantana

a flowering shrub

Aethusa cynapium, fool's parsley, lesser hemlock

European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten

Cicuta verosa, water hemlock

tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas

spotted cowbane, spotted hemlock, spotted water hemlock

tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes

California fern, Conium maculatum, Nebraska fern, hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern

large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous

Eryngium yuccifolium, button snakeroot, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master

coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite

Oenanthe crocata, hemlock water dropwort, water dropwort

European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous

Oenanthe aquatica, water fennel

European poisonous herb with fibrous roots

bedder, bedding plant

an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed

succulent

a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs

cultivar

a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation

cultivated plant

plants that are grown for their produce

weed

any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

cash crop

a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)

catch crop

a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season

cover crop

crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure

field crop

a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes

evergreen, evergreen plant

a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year

deciduous plant

a plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season

vine

a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

creeper

any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

ligneous plant, woody plant

a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems

geophyte

a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms

desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant

plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte

mesophyte, mesophytic plant

land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte

aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth

hemiepiphyte, semiepiphyte

a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life

strangler, strangler tree

an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

lithophyte, lithophytic plant

plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere

rupestral plant, rupestrine plant, rupicolous plant, saxicolous plant

plants growing among rocks

root crop

crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips

tuberous plant

plant growing from a tuber

bulbous plant

plant growing from a bulb

cormous plant

plant growing from a corm

psilophyte

any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant

psilophyton

any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton

being, organism

a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

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释义	plant life (once / 13177 pages) n WORD FAMILY plant life: plant lives USAGE EXAMPLES The interior of the desert, an area nearly as big as West Virginia, is mostly devoid of plant life. Science Magazine(Dec 15, 2016) It's not just bad news for the Bermuda skinks - removing rocks from their natural place also damages native plant life and disturbs nesting seabirds. BBC(Dec 08, 2016) So marine-based plant life is the next big thing for us, incorporating kelp and seaweeds into the American diet.” The Guardian(Nov 17, 2016) n (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion Syn\|Exp\|Hypo\|Hyper flora, plant Yggdrasil (Norse mythology) a huge ash tree whose roots and branches hold the earth and Heaven and Hell together 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 perennial (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more escape a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild 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 (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium 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 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 planktonic algae unicellular algae diatom microscopic unicellular marine or freshwater colonial alga having cell walls impregnated with silica thallophyte any of a group of cryptogamic organisms consisting principally of a thallus and thus showing no differentiation into stem and root and leaf nonflowering plant, pteridophyte plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores phanerogam, seed plant, spermatophyte plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores wild flower, wildflower wild or uncultivated flowering plant megagametophyte the female gametophyte produced by the megaspore of a plant that produces both microspore and megaspores microgametophyte the male gametophyte produced by a microspore aconite any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers baneberry, cohosh, herb Christopher a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries hellebore any plant of the Eurasian genus Helleborus dogbane any of several poisonous perennial plants of the genus Apocynum having acrid milky juice and bell-shaped white or pink flowers and a very bitter root Nerium oleander, oleander, rose bay an ornamental but poisonous flowering shrub having narrow evergreen leaves and clusters of fragrant white to pink or red flowers: native to East Indies but widely cultivated in warm regions Aglaonema modestum, Chinese evergreen, Japanese leaf erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves anthurium, tail-flower, tailflower any of various tropical American plants cultivated for their showy foliage and flowers Rivina humilis, blood berry, bloodberry, rouge plant, rougeberry bushy houseplant having white to pale pink flowers followed by racemes of scarlet berries; tropical Americas Gynura aurantiaca, purple velvet plant, royal velvet plant, velvet plant Javanese foliage plant grown for their handsome velvety leaves with violet-purple hairs flowering maple an ornamental plant of the genus Abutilon having leaves that resemble maple leaves herb, herbaceous plant a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests Exacum affine, Persian violet perennial cultivated especially as a houseplant for its fragrant bluish to dark lavender flowers Clusia insignis, waxflower epiphytic clusia of British Guiana halophyte plant growing naturally in very salty soil Gloriosa superba, climbing lily, creeping lily, gloriosa, glory lily any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous Spanish moss, Tillandsia usneoides, black moss, long moss, old man's beard dense festoons of greenish-grey hairlike flexuous strands anchored to tree trunks and branches by sparse wiry roots; southeastern United States and West Indies to South America Symphoricarpos alba, common snowberry, snowberry, waxberry deciduous shrub of western North America having spikes of pink flowers followed by round white berries American holly, Christmas holly an evergreen tree Rhus vernix, Toxicodendron vernix, poison ash, poison dogwood, poison sumac smooth American swamp shrub with pinnate leaves and greenish flowers followed by greenish white berries; yields an irritating oil Rhus radicans, Toxicodendron radicans, markweed, poison ivy, poison mercury, poison oak climbing plant common in eastern and central United States with ternate leaves and greenish flowers followed by white berries; yields an irritating oil that causes a rash on contact Rhus diversiloba, Toxicodendron diversilobum, western poison oak poisonous shrub of the Pacific coast of North America that causes a rash on contact Rhus quercifolia, Rhus toxicodenedron, Toxicodendron quercifolium, eastern poison oak poisonous shrub of southeastern United States causing a rash on contact Chinese lacquer tree, Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Japanese varnish tree, Rhus verniciflua, Toxicodendron vernicifluum, lacquer tree, varnish tree small Asiatic tree yielding a toxic exudate from which lacquer is obtained aeschynanthus a plant of the genus Aeschynanthus having somewhat red or orange flowers and seeds having distinctive hairs at base and apex episcia any plant of the genus Episcia; usually creeping and stoloniferous and of cascading habit; grown for their colorful foliage and flowers gloxinia any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers kohleria shrubby herb cultivated for their soft velvety foliage and showy scarlet flowers plectranthus any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus lantana a flowering shrub Aethusa cynapium, fool's parsley, lesser hemlock European weed naturalized in America that resembles parsley but causes nausea and poisoning when eaten Cicuta verosa, water hemlock tall erect highly poisonous Eurasiatic perennial herb locally abundant in marshy areas spotted cowbane, spotted hemlock, spotted water hemlock tall biennial water hemlock of northeastern North America having purple-spotted stems and clusters of extremely poisonous tuberous roots resembling small sweet potatoes California fern, Conium maculatum, Nebraska fern, hemlock, poison hemlock, poison parsley, winter fern large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous Eryngium yuccifolium, button snakeroot, rattlesnake master, rattlesnake's master coarse prickly perennial eryngo of United States thought to cure rattlesnake bite Oenanthe crocata, hemlock water dropwort, water dropwort European poisonous herb having tuberous roots, yellow juice that stains the skin, yellow flowers and foliage resembling celery; all parts extremely poisonous Oenanthe aquatica, water fennel European poisonous herb with fibrous roots bedder, bedding plant an ornamental plant suitable for planting in a flowerbed succulent a plant adapted to arid conditions and characterized by fleshy water-storing tissues that act as water reservoirs cultivar a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation cultivated plant plants that are grown for their produce weed any plant that crowds out cultivated plants cash crop a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco) catch crop a crop that grows quickly (e.g. lettuce) and can be planted between two regular crops grown in successive seasons or between two rows of crops in the same season cover crop crop planted to prevent soil erosion and provide green manure field crop a crop (other than fruits or vegetables) that is grown for agricultural purposes evergreen, evergreen plant a plant having foliage that persists and remains green throughout the year deciduous plant a plant having foliage that is shed annually at the end of the growing season vine a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface creeper any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping ligneous plant, woody plant a plant having hard lignified tissues or woody parts especially stems geophyte a perennial plant that propagates by underground bulbs or tubers or corms desert plant, xerophile, xerophilous plant, xerophyte, xerophytic plant plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte mesophyte, mesophytic plant land plant growing in surroundings having an average supply of water; compare xerophyte and hydrophyte aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth hemiepiphyte, semiepiphyte a plant that is an epiphyte for part of its life strangler, strangler tree an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree lithophyte, lithophytic plant plant that grows on rocks or stony soil and derives nourishment from the atmosphere rupestral plant, rupestrine plant, rupicolous plant, saxicolous plant plants growing among rocks root crop crop grown for its enlarged roots: e.g. beets; potatoes; turnips tuberous plant plant growing from a tuber bulbous plant plant growing from a bulb cormous plant plant growing from a corm psilophyte any plant of the order Psilophytales: a savannah plant psilophyton any plant or fossil of the genus Psilophyton being, organism a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
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