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plant kingdom

noun

plant kingdom

See mineral kingdom, animal kingdom
a category of living organisms comprising all plants but excluding the algae, fungi, and bacteria Compare animal kingdom mineral kingdom

plant kingdom

One of the five kingdoms of living things. Most plants derive energy from photosynthesis .

First recorded in 1880–85

The extent of the plant kingdom can only be hinted at; each year new species are added to the lists.

The plant kingdom is, on the whole, the agent of assimilation, forming new plasm by synthesis and reduction from inorganic matter.

From the point of view of phylogeny, the animal kingdom is, therefore, clearly much younger than the plant kingdom.

Small quantities of stereoptenes are widely distributed through the plant kingdom.

To illustrate: The white pine belongs to the highest great division (sub-kingdom) of the plant kingdom.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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