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Word List: Plants basics
- plant, plants [plɑːnt]
(noun) - Definition:
- an organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree
- Example:
- The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.
- garden, gardens [ˈɡɑːdən]
(noun) - Definition:
- an outdoor area containing one or more types of plants, usually plants grown for food (vegetable garden) or ornamental purposes (flower garden)
- Example:
- Let's plant a tree in the garden!
- Synonym(s):yard (AE)
- seed, seeds [siːd]
(noun) - Definition:
- a fertilized grain, initially encased in a fruit, which may grow into a mature plant
- Example:
- If you plant seed in spring, you may have a pleasant surprise in autumn.
- sow, sowed, sown [saʊ]
(irregular verb) - Definition:
- to scatter, disperse or plant (seeds)
- Example:
- I needed to sow the field, so I sowed the field and when I had sown the field, I was happy.
- grass, grasses [ɡɹɑːs]
(noun) - Definition:
- any plant of the family Poaceae, characterised by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem, wrap around it for a distance, and leave, especially those grown as ground cover rather than for grain
- Example:
- You need to cut the grass next week.
- lawn, lawns [lɔ:n]
(noun) - Definition:
- ground (generally in front of or around a house) covered with grass kept closely mown
- Example:
- I love to walk barefoot across the lawn.
- soil [sɔɪl]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a mixture of sand and organic material used to support plant growth; the unconsolidated mineral or organic material on the immediate surface of the earth that serves as a natural medium for the growth of land plants
- Example:
- Soil formation greatly depends on the climate.
- Synonym(s):dirt, earth
- meadow, meadows [ˈmɛdəʊ]
(noun) - Definition:
- a piece of land covered or cultivated with grass, usually intended to be cut for hay
- Example:
- The farmer owned several meadows right next to his farm.
- hedge, hedges [hedʒ]
(noun) - Definition:
- a thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes, especially such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land
- Example:
- He trims the hedge once a week.
- bush, bushes [bʊʃ]
(noun) - Definition:
- a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant that is distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6m tall
- Example:
- Let's plant some bushes around the house.
- weed, weeds [wi:d]
(noun) - Definition:
- any plant growing in cultivated ground to the injury of the crop or desired vegetation, or to the disfigurement of the place; an unsightly, useless, or injurious plant
- Example:
- If it isn't in a straight line or marked with a label, it's a weed.
- park, parks [pɑrk]
(noun) - Definition:
- a tract of ground kept in its natural state, about or adjacent to a residence, as for the preservation of game, for walking, riding, or the like
- Example:
- The biggest park in NYC is Central Park.
- Synonym(s):grounds
- forest, forests [ˈfɒɹəst]
(noun) - Definition:
- a dense collection of trees covering a relatively large area, larger than woods
- Example:
- They saw several squirrels while they were walking through the forest.
- herb, undefined [hɜː(ɹ)b]
(noun) - Definition:
- any green, leafy plant, or parts thereof, used to flavour or season food
- Example:
- Can you quickly go and get some herbs for our dinner tonight?
- fern, ferns [fɜːn]
(noun) - Definition:
- any of a group of some twenty thousand species of vascular plants that lacks seeds and reproduces by shedding spores to initiate an alternation of generations
- Example:
- I thought we could plant some ferns in the garden.
- mushroom, mushrooms [ˈmʌʃˌrum]
(noun) - Definition:
- any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood)
- Example:
- Some mushrooms are edible and taste good, while others are poisonous and taste foul.
- toadstool, toadstools [ˈtəʊdstuːl]
(noun) - Definition:
- any inedible or poisonous mushroom, especially an agaric
- Example:
- Be careful not to collect any toadstools.
- vine, vines [vaɪn]
(noun) - Definition:
- a climbing plant that produces grapes
- Example:
- Poison ivy and Bittersweet can grow as low shrubs when support is not available, but will shoot vine when support is available.
- Synonym(s):grapevine
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/environment-and-nature/plants/plants-basics/
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