plantlike
Like a vegetable
Plantlike describes something resembling a plant in appearance, growth pattern, or behavior.
Coral formations are plantlike but actually consist of animals.
Certain bacteria exhibit plantlike characteristics through photosynthesis.
The word appears most often in scientific contexts distinguishing organisms that share features with plants but belong to other kingdoms: plantlike protists, plantlike organisms.
Plant's leafy covering
- verdantLush with plants
- lushRichly abundant in growth
- leafyHaving abundant foliage
- vegetationPlant life collectively
greenery · underbrush · shrubbery · canopy · grove · meadow · fernery · hedge
Seed's initial growth phase
- sproutingSeeds beginning growth
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- shootsFires or photographs
- tendrilsSlender coiling growths
rhizomes · stolons · propagation · rooted · spreading · cloning · grafting · cultivation
Not in motion
- rootedFirmly established in place
- immobileUnable to shift
- sessileAttached at base
- sedentaryCharacterized by much sitting
static · dormant · unmoving · fixed · anchored · inert · nonmotile · grounded
Light-to-sugar conversion in plants
- chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
- floraPlants of a region
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
- herbariumPreserved plant specimen archive
angiosperm · gymnosperm · stomata · xylem · phloem · cellulose · transpiration · pollination
foliage
Plant's leafy covering
vegetation · greenery · underbrush · shrubbery · canopy · grove · meadow · fernery · hedge · vines
germination
Seed's initial growth phase
tendrils · rhizomes · stolons · propagation · rooted · spreading · cloning · grafting · cultivation · spores
stationary
Not in motion
sedentary · static · dormant · unmoving · fixed · anchored · inert · nonmotile · grounded · earthbound
photosynthesis
Light-to-sugar conversion in plants
- chlorophyllLight-harvesting plant pigment
- floraPlants of a region
- taxonomyScience of categorical arrangement
herbarium · angiosperm · gymnosperm · stomata · xylem · phloem · cellulose · transpiration · pollination · deciduous
plantlikeanimal-like
Resembling a beast
animalistic · faunal · bestial · beastly · mammalian
like, plant, plants, planting, planted, planter, transplant, planters, replant