Plantae

[ plan-tee ]

noun

, (used with a plural verb)

1. the taxonomic kingdom comprising all plants.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Plantae¹

< New Latin, Latin: plural of planta plant

Example Sentences

In 1743, Dr. Colden published Plantae Coldenghamae, which described the plants on his land, with the help of his daughter, Jane, aged 19.

From Salon

An ethnobotanist based at Emory University in Atlanta, Quave, 38, has an unabashed fondness for all citizens of the kingdom plantae.

From New York Times

The kinkiness of their meat eating aside, the 590 or so known species of carnivorous plants are all legitimate, chlorophyll-carrying members of the kingdom Plantae.

From New York Times

‘Only plantae’ means trees containing only sequences from green algae and/or red algae and/or glaucophytes; algal origin therefore cannot be inferred with confidence.

From Nature

‘Only plantae’ means trees containing only sequences from green algae and/or red algae and/or glaucophytes; algal origin therefore cannot be inferred with confidence.

From Nature