plant kingdom

noun

|Updated on: 21 Jun 2018

Definition of plant kingdom

: a basic group of natural objects that includes all living and extinct plants — compare animal kingdom, mineral kingdom

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Recent Examples of plant kingdom from the Web

This time of year, with the greenmarkets in full swing (and pictures of tiny, adorable pigs on Instagram), there’s no better time to re-embrace the full splendor of the plant kingdom.

— laura regensdorf, Vogue, "This Natalie Portman–Backed Documentary Will Make You Seriously Consider Going Vegetarian," 16 June 2018
The plant bears some of the least attractive common names in the plant kingdom: Some know it as naked broomrape.

— New York Times, "The Flower That Must Not Be Named," 13 June 2018
The world knows a thing or two about centering meals on the plant kingdom.

— carol deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Plant-loving Strange Town on Milwaukee's east side has appeal beyond vegan," 16 Jan. 2018

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