"Plants" • Chinese-English Dictionary

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花木 huā mù flowers and trees / plants / flora
草木 cǎo mù vegetation / plants
卉 huì plants
绿化 lu:4 huà to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization
花卉 huā huì flowers and plants
花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants
动植物 dòng zhí wù plants and animals / flora and fauna
下体 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants
水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw
涵养 hán yǎng to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support / to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc)
花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman)
浇花 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden
野生植物 yě shēng zhí wù plants in the wild
株距 zhū jù spacing / distance between plants (within a row)
保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop
被子植物 bèi zǐ zhí wù angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
肉豆蔻 ròu dòu kòu nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) / mace / Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils)
园 yuán land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 / etc
棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc
蒲 pú refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis / common cattail / bullrush
蓬 péng fleabane (family Asteraceae) / disheveled / classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff
株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business)
葵 kuí used in the names of various herbaceous plants
罱 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool
蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps
蓏 luǒ fruit of plants (not of trees)
百卉千葩 bǎi huì qiān pā myriad plants and flowers (idiom) / rich and colorful
屮 chè plants sprouting
蔉 gǔn to bank up the roots of plants
亚门 yà mén (biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy) / subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi)
耔 zǐ hoe up soil around plants
芔 huì a general term for plants
菊科 jú kē Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing scents, includes aster, daisy and sunflower
天门冬科 tiān mén dōng kē Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus
木兰纲 mù lán gāng Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves)
榛榛 zhēn zhēn overgrown with wild plants
残茎 cán jīng stubble (the stems of plants after harvest)
牵牛属 qiān niú shǔ Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 / (Pharbitis nil)
田营 Tián yíng Tianying city in Anhui, having lead processing plants that produce substantial pollution
田营市 Tián yíng shì Tianying city in Anhui, having lead processing plants that produce substantial pollution
维管束植物 wéi guǎn shù zhí wù vascular plants / tracheophytes (botany)
肉豆蔻料 ròu dòu kòu liào Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils, including nutmeg)
苋科 xiàn kē Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 莧菜|苋菜[xian4 cai4]
被子植物门 bèi zǐ zhí wù mén angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit)
隐花植物 yǐn huā zhí wù Cryptogamae / cryptogamous plant (botany) / plants such as algae 藻類|藻类[zao3 lei4], moss 苔蘚|苔藓[tai2 xian3] and fern 蕨類|蕨类[jue2 lei4] that reproduce by spores 孢子[bao1 zi3] in place of flowers
显花植物 xiǎn huā zhí wù Phanerogamae (botany) / flowering plants
马兜铃科 mǎ dōu líng kē Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger)
肉豆蔻科 ròu dòu kòu kē Myristicaceae (family of plants including nutmeg)
人与植物倡议  Initiative on People and Plants
亚洲药用和芳香植物网  Asian Network on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
北欧农作物和园艺植物基因库  Nordic Gene Bank for Agricultural and Horticultural Plants
保护植物新品种国际联盟  International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
亚洲及太平洋药用和芬芳植物信息网  Asian Pacific Information Network on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
植物委员会  Plants Committee
核电厂质量保证国际专题讨论会  International Symposium on Quality Assurance for Nuclear Power Plants
植物检疫及其虫害与疾病防护合作协定  Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Quarantine of Plants and their Protection against Pests and Diseases
保护植物新品种国际公约  International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
药用和香料植物基因库  Gene Banks for Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
欧洲稀有受威胁和特产植物清单  List of Rare, Threatened and Endemic Plants in Europe
泛非药用植物研究会议  Pan-African Conference on Research into Medicinal Plants
徐霞客游记 Xú Xiá kè Yóu jì Xu Xiake's Travel Diaries, a book of travel records by 徐霞客[Xu2 Xia2 ke4] on geology, geography, plants etc
灯草 dēng cǎo the spongy, white pulp inside the stem of rush plants, used as a wick for oil lamps
花肥 huā féi fertilizer for potted flowers / fertilizer used to promote flowering in crop plants
水培 shuǐ péi to grow plants hydroponically
山柰 shān nài Kaempferia galanga, one of four plants known as galangal
普埃布拉 Pǔ āi bù lā Puebla, a city southeast of Mexico City / term used to refer to plants whose specific epithet is pueblensis, such as Tillandsia pueblensis (an air plant) and Echeveria pueblensis (a succulent)
普布斯 pǔ bù sī Tillandsia pueblensis, a species of air plants
铁兰属 tiě lán shǔ (loanword) genus Tillandsia / air plants (more commonly known as 空氣鳳梨|空气凤梨[kong1qi4 feng4li2])
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