noun
(botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
• Syn: ↑kingdom Plantae, ↑plant kingdom
• Hypernyms: ↑kingdom
• Member Meronyms:
↑plant, ↑flora, ↑plant life, ↑Thallophyta, ↑Tracheophyta, ↑division Tracheophyta, ↑plant order, ↑Bryophyta, ↑division Bryophyta, ↑Pteridophyta, ↑division Pteridophyta, ↑Spermatophyta, ↑division Spermatophyta, ↑Phanerogamae, ↑Cryptogamia, ↑plant family, ↑plant genus, ↑Lycophyta
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\\ˈplan.ˌtē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: the basic group of living things that comprises all the plants : plant kingdom — compare animalia, protista
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/plan"tee/, n. (used with a pl. v.) Biol.
the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.