plant
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1. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion (noun.tops)
| hypernym | : | being, organism, |
| definition | : | a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently (noun.tops) |
| hyponym | : | phytoplankton, |
| definition | : | photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | microflora, |
| definition | : | microscopic plants; bacteria are often considered to be microflora (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | crop, |
| definition | : | a cultivated plant that is grown commercially on a large scale (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | endemic, |
| definition | : | a plant that is native to a certain limited area (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | holophyte, |
| definition | : | an organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | plantlet, |
| definition | : | a young plant or a small plant (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | wilding, |
| definition | : | a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crabapple tree) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | ornamental, |
| definition | : | any plant grown for its beauty or ornamental value (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | pot plant, |
| definition | : | a plant suitable for growing in a flowerpot (especially indoors) (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | acrogen, |
| definition | : | any flowerless plant such as a fern (pteridophyte) or moss (bryophyte) in which growth occurs only at the tip of the main stem (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | apomict, |
| definition | : | a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | aquatic, |
| definition | : | a plant that lives in or on water (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | cryptogam, |
| definition | : | formerly recognized taxonomic group including all flowerless and seedless plants that reproduce by means of spores: ferns, mosses, algae, fungi (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | annual, |
| definition | : | (botany) a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | biennial, |
| definition | : | (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 (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | perennial, |
| definition | : | (botany) a plant lasting for three seasons or more (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | escape, |
| definition | : | a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hygrophyte, |
| definition | : | a plant that grows in a moist habitat (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | neophyte, |
| definition | : | a plant that is found in an area where it had not been recorded previously (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | embryo, |
| definition | : | (botany) a minute rudimentary plant contained within a seed or an archegonium (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sporophyte, |
| definition | : | the spore-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | gametophyte, |
| definition | : | the gamete-bearing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | houseplant, |
| definition | : | any of a variety of plants grown indoors for decorative purposes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | garden plant, |
| definition | : | any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tracheophyte, vascular plant, |
| definition | : | green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | poisonous plant, |
| definition | : | a plant that when touched or ingested in sufficient quantity can be harmful or fatal to an organism (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | rock plant, |
| definition | : | plant that grows on or among rocks or is suitable for a rock garden (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | myrmecophyte, |
| definition | : | plant that affords shelter or food to ants that live in symbiotic relations with it (noun.plant) |
| part holonym | : | cap, hood, |
| definition | : | a protective covering that is part of a plant (noun.object) |
| domain category | : | botany, phytology, |
| definition | : | the branch of biology that studies plants (noun.cognition) |
| domain member category | : | parasite, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
| domain member category | : | coca, |
| definition | : | dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | fugaciousness, fugacity, |
| definition | : | the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts) (noun.attribute) |
| domain member category | : | circulation, |
| definition | : | free movement or passage (as of cytoplasm within a cell or sap through a plant) (noun.event) |
| domain member category | : | botany, flora, vegetation, |
| definition | : | all the plant life in a particular region or period (noun.group) |
| domain member category | : | squamule, |
| definition | : | a minute scale (noun.plant) |
| domain member category | : | nitrification, |
| definition | : | the oxidation of ammonium compounds in dead organic material into nitrates and nitrites by soil bacteria (making nitrogen available to plants) (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | perennation, |
| definition | : | the process of living through a number of years (as a perennial plant) (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | photosynthesis, |
| definition | : | synthesis of compounds with the aid of radiant energy (especially in plants) (noun.process) |
| domain member category | : | alder blight, |
| definition | : | a disease of alders caused by the woolly alder aphid (a plant louse) (noun.state) |
| domain member category | : | peroxidase, |
| definition | : | any of a group of enzymes (occurring especially in plant cells) that catalyze the oxidation of a compound by a peroxide (noun.substance) |
| domain member category | : | tenderiser, tenderizer, |
| definition | : | a substance (as the plant enzyme papain) applied to meat to make it tender (noun.substance) |
| domain member category | : | propagate, |
| definition | : | cause to propagate, as by grafting or layering (verb.body) |
| domain member category | : | etiolate, |
| definition | : | bleach and alter the natural development of (a green plant) by excluding sunlight (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | bruise, |
| definition | : | damage (plant tissue) by abrasion or pressure (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | accrete, |
| definition | : | grow together (of plants and organs) (verb.change) |
| domain member category | : | deaden, girdle, |
| definition | : | cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients (verb.contact) |
| domain member category | : | acid-loving, |
| definition | : | thriving in a relatively acidic environment (especially of plants requiring a pH well below 7) (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | alkaline-loving, |
| definition | : | thriving in a relatively alkaline environment; (especially of plants requiring a pH above 7) (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | apocarpous, |
| definition | : | (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | syncarpous, |
| definition | : | (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of united carpels (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | sedgy, |
| definition | : | covered with sedges (grasslike marsh plants) (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | floccose, |
| definition | : | (of plants) having tufts of soft woolly hairs (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | hispid, |
| definition | : | (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | pappose, |
| definition | : | (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | carnivorous, |
| definition | : | (used of plants as well as animals) feeding on animals (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | saprophytic, |
| definition | : | (of some plants or fungi) feeding on dead or decaying organic matter (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | insectivorous, |
| definition | : | (of animals and plants) feeding on insects (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | blanched, etiolate, etiolated, |
| definition | : | (especially of plants) developed without chlorophyll by being deprived of light (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | tender, |
| definition | : | (of plants) not hardy; easily killed by adverse growing condition (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | dicotyledonous, |
| definition | : | (of a flowering plant) having two cotyledons in the seed (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | monocotyledonous, |
| definition | : | (of a flowering plant) having a single cotyledon in the seed as in grasses and lilies (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | evergreen, |
| definition | : | (of plants and shrubs) bearing foliage throughout the year (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | deciduous, |
| definition | : | (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | campylotropous, |
| definition | : | (of a plant ovule) curved with the micropyle near the base almost touching its stalk (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | orthotropous, |
| definition | : | (of a plant ovule) completely straight with the micropyle at the apex (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | anatropous, inverted, |
| definition | : | (of a plant ovule) completely inverted; turned back 180 degrees on its stalk (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | amphitropous, |
| definition | : | (of a plant ovule) partly inverted; turned back 90 degrees on its stalk (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | epiphytotic, |
| definition | : | (of plants) epidemic among plants of a single kind especially over a wide area (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | amentaceous, amentiferous, |
| definition | : | (of plants) bearing or characterized by aments or catkins (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | half-hardy, |
| definition | : | (of plants) requiring protection from frost (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | gregarious, |
| definition | : | (of plants) growing in groups that are close together (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | clustered, |
| definition | : | growing close together but not in dense mats (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | ungregarious, |
| definition | : | (of plants) growing together in groups that are not close together (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | caespitose, cespitose, tufted, |
| definition | : | (of plants) growing in small dense clumps or tufts (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | leggy, tall-growing, |
| definition | : | (of plants) having tall spindly stems (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | endangered, |
| definition | : | (of flora or fauna) in imminent danger of extinction (adj.all) |
| domain member category | : | threatened, |
| definition | : | (of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered (adj.all) |
2. buildings for carrying on industrial labor (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | building complex, complex, |
| definition | : | a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | bottling plant, |
| definition | : | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | brewery, |
| definition | : | a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | distillery, still, |
| definition | : | a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | mint, |
| definition | : | a plant where money is coined by authority of the government (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | packing plant, packinghouse, |
| definition | : | a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | recycling plant, |
| definition | : | a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | refinery, |
| definition | : | an industrial plant for purifying a crude substance (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | saltworks, |
| definition | : | a plant where salt is produced commercially (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | smelter, smeltery, |
| definition | : | an industrial plant for smelting (noun.artifact) |
| domain member category | : | gas system, |
| definition | : | facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service (noun.artifact) |
3. something planted secretly for discovery by another (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | contrivance, dodge, stratagem, |
| definition | : | an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade (noun.cognition) |
4. an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience (noun.person)
5. put firmly in the mind (verb.cognition)
6. place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive (verb.contact)
7. fix or set securely or deeply (verb.contact)
| hyponym | : | pot, |
| definition | : | plant in a pot (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | nest, |
| definition | : | fit together or fit inside (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | bury, sink, |
| definition | : | embed deeply (verb.contact) |
8. put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground (verb.contact)
| hyponym | : | root, |
| definition | : | plant by the roots (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | puddle, |
| definition | : | dip into mud before planting (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | checkrow, |
| definition | : | plant in checkrows (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | bed, |
| definition | : | place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | dibble, |
| definition | : | plant with a wooden hand tool (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | afforest, forest, |
| definition | : | establish a forest on previously unforested land (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | replant, |
| definition | : | plant again or anew (verb.contact) |
| hyponym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | plant with trees (verb.contact) |
9. set up or lay the groundwork for (verb.creation)
| hypernym | : | initiate, pioneer, |
| definition | : | take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of (verb.creation) |
| hyponym | : | fix, |
| definition | : | set or place definitely (verb.creation) |
10. place into a river (verb.possession)
| hypernym | : | stock, |
| definition | : | provide or furnish with a stock of something (verb.possession) |
| domain category | : | animal husbandry, |
| definition | : | breeding and caring for farm animals (noun.act) |
11. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion (noun.tops)
| derivation | : | plantlet, |
| definition | : | a young plant or a small plant (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | plant, set, |
| definition | : | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | plantal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to plants (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | floral, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the plant life in a particular region (adj.pert) |
12. something planted secretly for discovery by another (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | plant, |
| definition | : | place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive (verb.contact) |
13. place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | plant, |
| definition | : | something planted secretly for discovery by another (noun.cognition) |
14. fix or set securely or deeply (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | implantation, |
| definition | : | a surgical procedure that places something in the human body (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | planting, |
| definition | : | the act of fixing firmly in place (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | implantation, |
| definition | : | the act of planting or setting in the ground (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | implant, |
| definition | : | a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | implantation, nidation, |
| definition | : | (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals (noun.process) |
15. put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | flora, plant, plant life, |
| definition | : | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion (noun.tops) |
| derivation | : | planting, |
| definition | : | putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | set, |
| definition | : | the act of putting something in position (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | planter, |
| definition | : | a decorative pot for house plants (noun.artifact) |
16. set up or lay the groundwork for (verb.creation)
17. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion (noun.tops)
| derivation | : | plantlet, |
| definition | : | a young plant or a small plant (noun.plant) |
| derivation | : | plant, set, |
| definition | : | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground (verb.contact) |
| derivation | : | plantal, |
| definition | : | of or relating to plants (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | floral, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the plant life in a particular region (adj.pert) |
18. something planted secretly for discovery by another (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | plant, |
| definition | : | place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive (verb.contact) |
19. place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | plant, |
| definition | : | something planted secretly for discovery by another (noun.cognition) |
20. fix or set securely or deeply (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | implantation, |
| definition | : | a surgical procedure that places something in the human body (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | planting, |
| definition | : | the act of fixing firmly in place (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | implantation, |
| definition | : | the act of planting or setting in the ground (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | implant, |
| definition | : | a prosthesis placed permanently in tissue (noun.artifact) |
| derivation | : | implantation, nidation, |
| definition | : | (embryology) the organic process whereby a fertilized egg becomes implanted in the lining of the uterus of placental mammals (noun.process) |
21. put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | flora, plant, plant life, |
| definition | : | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion (noun.tops) |
| derivation | : | planting, |
| definition | : | putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | set, |
| definition | : | the act of putting something in position (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | planter, |
| definition | : | a decorative pot for house plants (noun.artifact) |
22. set up or lay the groundwork for (verb.creation)
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