humble plant
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of humble plant
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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Just 4 to 6 inches tall, the humble plant is, in one particular way, the most remarkable living thing in the world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2024
If you find it strange that such a humble plant has such a gigantic genome, scientists do, too.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2024
Hence descend aerial roots, clasping and ultimately destroying the supporting tree, which is in time entirely replaced by the humble plant which was at first dependent upon it.
From The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1 by Wallace, Alfred Russel
Compared with the long past of this humble plant, all the history of civilized men is but an episode.
From Evolution and Ethics by Huxley, Thomas Henry
It astonishes you to see between politics and enology, between the great historical events and the lot of a humble plant, so close a bond.
From Characters and events of Roman History by Ferrero, Frances Lance
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