plant kingdom

collocation in English

meaningsofplantandkingdom

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plant
noun
uk
/plɑːnt/us
/plænt/
a living thing that grows in earth, in water, or on other plants, usually has a stem, leaves, roots, and flowers, and ...
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kingdom
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɪŋ.dəm/us
/ˈkɪŋ.dəm/
a country ruled by a king ...
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(Definition ofplantandkingdomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Furthermore, unlike earlier descriptive plant names, modern botanical names serve a differential function; that is, they identify plants by indicating how they are classified within theplantkingdom.
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In genetic modification, an artificial situation is created as genes not only from different, unrelated species, but from both the animal kingdom and theplantkingdomare combined.
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The mature fruit is 4050 cm in diameter and weighs 1530 kg, and contains the largest seed in theplantkingdom.
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Anthocyanins are the largest group of water-soluble pigments in theplantkingdomand belong to the family of compounds known as polyphenols.
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Many of the most important groundbreaking scientific and biological discoveries of the tropical animal andplantkingdomoriginated here.
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There are no real saprotrophic organisms that are embryophytes, and fungi and bacteria are no longer placed in theplantkingdom.
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Sugarcane is one of the most efficient photosynthesizers in theplantkingdom, able to convert up to 2% of incident solar energy into biomass.
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Its presence is widespread throughout theplantkingdom.
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There are many examples of psychoactive fungi, but fungi are not part of theplantkingdom.
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At one time, the cryptogams were formally recognised as a group within theplantkingdom.
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Theplantkingdomstill holds many species of plants containing substances of medicinal value which have yet to be discovered.
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They are thus not included in even the broadest modern definition of theplantkingdom, although they were in the past.
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Aucubin and catalpol are two of the most common iridoids in theplantkingdom.
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Their isolation and stable climate have enabled an entireplantkingdomto evolve.
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Volume 2 covered "theplantkingdom; it comprised 736 pages and appeared in 1767, with an additional 142-page".
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The etheric body can be characterised as the life force also present in theplantkingdom.
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A taxonomic representation of theplantkingdom, it contained 399 copper plates, and in its time, was considered to be a major work in systematics.
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Many of the most important ground breaking scientific and biological discoveries of the tropical animal andplantkingdomoriginated here.
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Pentatricopeptide repeat containing proteins are a family of proteins commonly found in theplantkingdom.
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