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EPAC-2025
Vocabulary recopilation (II) - Words used to describe plants and plant parts (ad
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Algal | connected with algae or caused by algae |
| Androgynous | an androgynous animal or plant has both male and female parts |
| Aquatic | growing or living in or near water |
| Arboreal | relating to or living in trees |
| Aromatic | an aromatic plant, substance, or food smells especially good |
| Bare | bare trees or areas of land have nothing growing on them |
| Barren | a barren tree or plant does not produce any fruit |
| Biennial | a biennial plant lives for only two years |
| Bushy | bushy trees or plants have a lot of leaves and branches growing close together |
| Creeping | creeping plants grow along the ground |
| Dense | with a lot of trees, plants, or leaves growing close together |
| Dwarf | a dwarf tree, plant, or animal is much shorter or smaller than others of the same type |
| Early | early crops or flowers are ready to be picked before others of the same type |
| Ephemeral | an ephemeral plant has only a short life |
| Etiolated | an etiolated plant has pale leaves and a pale stem because it does not receive enough light from the sun |
| Extinct | an extinct animal, plant, or language no longer exists female a female plant is one that produces fruit |
| Fertile | a fertile person, animal, or plant is able to produce babies, young animals, or new plants |
| Fleshy | a fleshy plant, fruit, vegetable etc is soft and thick |
| Flowering | a flowering plant produces flowers |
| Giant | used in the names of some animals and plants that are much larger than others of the same type |
| Greasy | producing a lot of natural oil |
| Hardy | a hardy plant is able to live outside during the winter |
| Herbaceous | a herbaceous plant has a soft green stem and all its parts above ground level die after it has finished growing |
| Higher | higher plants and animals are the most advanced and developed |
| Indigenous | indigenous plants and animals belong to a region because they developed there |
| Juvenile | a juvenile animal or plant is young |
| Leafy | leafy trees or plants have a lot of leaves |
| Leguminous | relating to a plant such as a pea or bean that produces seeds in pods |
| Lush | a lush plant looks very green and healthy |
| Luxuriant | luxuriant plants grow well and look very healthy |
| Male | not developing into fruits |
| Mature | a mature animal or plant has grown to its full size |
| Native | relating to the place where a plant or animal has always lived |
| Naturalized | a naturalized plant or animal is one that grows or lives in an area that people brought it to long ago |
| Oil-bearing | oil-bearing rocks or plants contain oil of some kind |
| Parasitic | a parasitic plant or animal lives in or on another type of plant or animal and feeds on it |
| Perennial | a perennial plant lasts for more than two growing seasons |
| Petrified | a petrified plant or animal has died and gradually changed into stone |
| Pigmy | another spelling of pygmy |
| Poisonous | capable of producing poison |
| Polymorphous | a polymorphous animal or plant has different forms at different stages of its development |
| Pygmy | a pygmy animal or plant belongs to a type that does not grow very big |
| Rank | growing and spreading too much |
| Scorched | a scorched plant is dead or dying from disease, lack of water, or extreme heat |
| Scrubby | scrubby plants are smaller than normal |
| Shrubby | growing low and thick like a shrub |
| Submersed | submersed plants grow under water |
| Succulent | succulent plants have thick stems or leaves that store a lot of water |
| Temperate | used about plants and animals that live in temperate areas |
| Tender | a tender plant is delicate and needs protection from bad weather |
| Thick | a thick forest, bush, area of grass etc has many trees, leaves, or plants growing very close together |
| Thirsty | thirsty plants or areas of land need a lot of water |
| Tolerant | if plants or animals are tolerant of particular conditions, they are able to exist in those conditions |
| Trailing | a trailing plant has stems that grow very long or hang down |
| Transgenic | a transgenic plant or animal contains genes from a different plant or animal that have been introduced using a laboratory technique |
| Vascular | relating to the parts of a plant that carry water, salts, and food from one part of the plant to another |
| Viable | able to live and grow in an independent way |
| Vigorous | vigorous plants are healthy, strong, and growing well |
| Wild | a wild animal or plant lives or grows on its own in natural conditions and is not raised by humans |
| Withered | a withered plant has become dry and is dying |
| Woody | a woody plant has a strong hard stem |
| Mutant | |
| In flower | if a plant is in flower, flowers are growing on it |
| In fruit | if a tree or plant is in fruit, it has fruit growing on it |
| I (full) Bloom | if a tree or plant is in bloom, it is covered with flower |
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