Plantae
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Plantae
< New Latin, Latin: plural of planta plant
Example Sentences
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In 1743, Dr. Colden published Plantae Coldenghamae, which described the plants on his land, with the help of his daughter, Jane, aged 19.
From Salon
An ethnobotanist based at Emory University in Atlanta, Quave, 38, has an unabashed fondness for all citizens of the kingdom plantae.
From New York Times
The kinkiness of their meat eating aside, the 590 or so known species of carnivorous plants are all legitimate, chlorophyll-carrying members of the kingdom Plantae.
From New York Times
‘Only plantae’ means trees containing only sequences from green algae and/or red algae and/or glaucophytes; algal origin therefore cannot be inferred with confidence.
From Nature
‘Only plantae’ means trees containing only sequences from green algae and/or red algae and/or glaucophytes; algal origin therefore cannot be inferred with confidence.
From Nature
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