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
It is a humble plant, but fragrant; where it grows abundantly the miasma of the bog is neutralized by its balsamic odors and antiseptic qualities, disease is displaced and health established.
From Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York by Graham, Frances W.
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
Perhaps this economical pleasure was much enhanced by a picture in my memory, whose faded colors the odor of this humble plant never failed to restore.
From Urban Sketches by Harte, Bret
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