plant kingdom

American  

noun

1. the plants of the world collectively.

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plant kingdom British  

noun

1. a category of living organisms comprising all plants but excluding the algae, fungi, and bacteria Compare animal kingdom mineral kingdom

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plant kingdom Cultural  

1. One of the five kingdoms of living things. Most plants derive energy from photosynthesis.

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Etymology

Origin of plant kingdom

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

In doing so, they have created something truly novel: a large "reference catalogue" of plant cell wall compositions from 287 species, broadly representing the entire plant kingdom.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024

Convergence is widespread in the plant kingdom as well: carnivorous plants evolved at least a dozen times, roots evolved more than once, and even arborescence—plants taking the form of trees—evolved more than once.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2023

But recent research from the plant kingdom shows that a mouth isn’t essential.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

This is a fairly common behavior in the plant kingdom, but almost every example is found in orchids, a type of flower that numbers over 28,000 species.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2023

The one character which is constant in the whole coniferous group and sets it apart from the rest of the plant kingdom, is expressed in the name Gymnosperm, applied to this botanical grand division.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen