plant life, flora, plant - a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage - several things grouped together or considered as a whole

biota, biology - all the plant and animal life of a particular region

brush, coppice, copse, thicket, brushwood - a dense growth of bushes

growth - vegetation that has grown; "a growth of trees"; "the only growth was some salt grass"

chaparral, scrub, bush - dense vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes

stand - a growth of similar plants (usually trees) in a particular area; "they cut down a stand of trees"

forest, woods, wood - the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded area

shrubbery - a collection of shrubs growing together

garden - the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden

brier, brier patch, brierpatch - tangled mass of prickly plants

ground cover, groundcover - low-growing plants planted in deep shade or on a steep slope where turf is difficult to grow

mown, cut - (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of new-mown hay"

unmown, uncut - (used of grass or vegetation) not cut down with a hand implement or machine; "uncut grass"; "an unmown lawn"

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

botanical medicine, herbal therapy, phytotherapy - the use of plants or plant extracts for medicinal purposes (especially plants that are not part of the normal diet)

microorganism - any organism of microscopic size

phytoplankton - photosynthetic or plant constituent of plankton; mainly unicellular algae

parasite - an animal or plant that lives in or on a host (another animal or plant); the parasite obtains nourishment from the host without benefiting or killing the host

coca - dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their simulating effect

gas system - facility (plant and equipment) for providing natural-gas service

fugaciousness, fugacity - the lack of enduring qualities (used chiefly of plant parts)

circulation - free movement or passage through a series of vessels (as of water through pipes or sap through a plant)

mescal - a colorless Mexican liquor distilled from fermented juices of certain desert plants of the genus Agavaceae (especially the century plant)

flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region

horticulturist, plantsman - an expert in the science of cultivating plants (fruit or flowers or vegetables or ornamental plants)

kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae - the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants

endemic - a plant that is native to a certain limited area; "it is an endemic found only this island"

plantlet - a young plant or a small plant

wilding - a wild uncultivated plant (especially a wild apple or crab-apple 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 - a plant that completes its entire life cycle within the space of a year

biennial - 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 - 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-producing individual or phase in the life cycle of a plant having alternation of generations

fungus - a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores

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

plant part, plant structure - any part of a plant or fungus

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