plant life

1. 1.

   (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

   Synonymsplantflora

   Broaderorganism

   Narrowerphytoplanktonmicrofloracropendemicholophytenon-flowering plantplantletwildingornamentalpot plant

   Part ofPlantae

   Partshoodplant part

   botany

Questions about plant life

What does plant life mean?

plant life means "(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion".

What is another word for plant life?

Close synonyms include plant, flora. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is plant life a common word?

plant life is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.