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plantlike

plant
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [plant, plahnt]
    • /plænt, plɑnt/
    • /ˈplænˌt.laɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [plant, plahnt]
    • /plænt, plɑnt/

Definitions of plantlike word

  • noun plantlike any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis. 1
  • noun plantlike an herb or other small vegetable growth, in contrast with a tree or a shrub. 1
  • noun plantlike a seedling or a growing slip, especially one ready for transplanting. 1
  • noun plantlike the equipment, including the fixtures, machinery, tools, etc., and often the buildings, necessary to carry on any industrial business: a manufacturing plant. 1
  • noun plantlike the complete equipment or apparatus for a particular mechanical process or operation: the heating plant for a home. 1
  • noun plantlike the buildings, equipment, etc., of an institution: the sprawling plant of the university. 1
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Origin of plantlike

First appearance:

before 900
One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English plaunte; in part continuing Old English plante sapling, young plant (< Latin planta); in part (< Old French plante) < Latin planta a shoot, sprig, scion (for planting), plant; (v.) Middle English plaunten; in part continuing Old English plantian (< Latin plantāre); in part (< Old French planter) < Latin plantāre to plant

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Parts of speech for Plantlike

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adverb
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plantlike popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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  • plant

    any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, blue-green algae, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or photosynthesis.

  • phytoplankton

    the aggregate of plants and plantlike organisms in plankton.

  • stonewort

    any of a plantlike group of green algae constituting the class Charophyceae, having a jointed body frequently encrusted with lime and usually attached to the bottom in fresh water.

  • thallus

    a simple vegetative body undifferentiated into true leaves, stem, and root, ranging from an aggregation of filaments to a complex plantlike form.
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