rare plant

collocation in English

meaningsofrareandplant

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rare
adjective
uk
/reər/us
/rer/
not common or frequent; ...
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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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(Definition ofrareandplantfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Little work has been done on the restoration ofrareplantspecies in grasslands.
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The blue heath is a particularlyrareplant, which has been declining rapidly quite recently.
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Instead, every time one of them comes back with a small green object which they think is arareplantspecies.
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Even in this country that is a comparativelyrareplant.
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Alas, nothing is sacred—be it a garden statue, arareplantor tree, a picture or a piece of furniture, books or manuscripts from libraries.
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It is certainly arareplant.
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It is another thing if the only site where a rare orchid, or some otherrareplantor animal, lives is dug up which may destroy it for ever.
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As soon as the site of arareplantis mentioned, some determined person will go and pick the flowers or try to dig up the plant.
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This includes the threatened grizzly bear, lynx, bald eagle, bull trout, arareplantnamed water howellia, and the endangered gray wolf.
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Microclimate ecosystems,rareplanthabitats, vernal pools, caves, and abrupt cliffs are the fare.
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The park consists of an unusual wet meadow complex, as well as a spectacular waterfall andrareplantspecies.
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A member of the citrus family, it israreplant, rated as "vulnerable".
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Grazing and trampling by livestock such as goats are still some of the main threats listed for therareplant.
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She soon had a group of correspondents, with whom she swapped ideas andrareplantmaterial.
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The second quarry of 2.8 ha is a conservation area and home torareplantassociations typical to recently abandoned limestone quarries.
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Livestock grazing injures the leaves of therareplant, reducing its reproductive potential.
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They support a variety ofrareplantand animal life.
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Today the property is a semi-private reservation with lovely gardens andrareplantspecimens.
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There is also an abundance of insect life, and manyrareplantspecies.
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Somerareplantspecies are also found in the park.
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