Tra từ plant - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

1 different kinds of plant
2 parts of a plant
3 growing and taking care of plants
see also TREE

1 different kinds of plant
- a living thing that grows in the ground: plant
- a plant like a small thick tree with many branches: bush
- a small bush: shrub
- a plant that grows up trees and walls or along the ground: creeper
- a plant that is grown or picked for its flowers: flower
- a plant that is eaten as food: vegetable
- a plant whose leaves, seeds, etc are used in medicines and to give food more flavour: herb
※ more on flowers and vegetables FLOWER, VEGETABLE
- a wild plant that is not wanted in a garden: weed
- plants that grow in the sea: seaweed (noun U)
- a plant (such as a mushroom or toadstool) which is not green and does not have leaves or flowers: fungus (plural fungi or funguses)(noun C/U)
edible fungi ◎ fungus growing on the bark of a tree
- a small green plant, with no flowers, that grows in a flat mass in damp places, especially on rocks or trees: moss (noun U)
- a green plant with a lot of long thin leaves but no flowers: fern
- a short green plant with thin leaves that covers the ground in parks, gardens and fields: grass (noun U)
- a tall plant like grass, that grows in or near water: reed
- a tall tropical plant of the grass family: bamboo (noun C/U)
※ more on grass GRASS

2 parts of a plant
※ illustration of a plant FLOWER
- the long thin part of a plant which the leaves and flowers grow on: stalk, stem
- one of the parts of a plant that grows under the ground: root
- the round root of certain plants: bulb
Tulips and daffodils grow from bulbs.
- one of the small hard parts of a plant from which a new plant can grow: seed
a packet of flower seeds
- the flat green part of a plant: leaf (plural leaves)
- the part of a plant from which the seeds or fruit grow: flower
- a young tightly closed leaf or flower before it opens: bud
- the part of a plant which contains seeds and is eaten: fruit
- a hard sharp point growing on the stem of some plants: thorn; adjective: thorny
- a small thorn: prickle; adjective: prickly
※ more on fruit FRUIT

3 growing and taking care of plants
- (used about a plant) to live in a place: grow*
Rice doesn't grow in cold places.
- to put plants, seeds, etc in the ground to grow: plant sth
Plant the bulbs in October or November.
- to plant sth and look after it: grow* sth
We grow a lot of our own vegetables.
- to plant seeds in the ground: sow* sth
to sow grass seed
- the earth that plants grow in: soil (noun U)
sandy soil ◎ poor/rich soil
- when plants first show above the ground they come* up
The lettuces are starting to come up.
- a very young plant which has grown from a seed: seedling
- to pull a plant out of the ground: pull sth up, uproot sth
- to move a plant from one place to grow it in another place: transplant sth
- to cut off part of a plant in order to help it to grow: prune sth
The roses need pruning.
- to take away wild plants from a garden: weed (sth)
Can I help you to weed the garden?
- to give water to plants: water sth
Don't forget to water the plants when I'm on holiday.
- substances which you can add to the soil to help plants grow: fertilizer (noun U) (= any natural or chemical substance which helps plants grow), compost (noun U) (= a mixture of old waste vegetable and plant material), manure (noun U) (= waste material from animals)
a compost heap (= a place where you keep compost)
- a pot in which a plant can be grown: flowerpot
- a plant which is grown and kept indoors: pot plant, house plant
- a building made of glass in which plants are grown: greenhouse
- a piece of land (usually near a house) where flowers and vegetables are grown: garden (AmE yard)
※ more on gardens GARDEN
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- the study of plants: botany (noun U); a person who studies plants: botanist
- the study of how to grow flowers, fruit and vegetables, or the business of growing these plants: horticulture (noun U)
- a vegetable or fruit that is grown naturally without artificial chemicals is organic
organic vegetables