life plant

noun

1. air plant ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of life plant¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

The life-plant is the most peculiar growth in nature, and cannot be confounded with anything else.

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One or more of the many forms of life—plant and animal—that were previously held within certain limits gain ascendency.

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I'm not altogether satisfied about this life-plant, although I know 'Crombie wouldn't joke with me about so serious a matter.

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It is true I had found nothing which resembled the life-plant in the least, and already I had traveled far.

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I also questioned 'Crombie about the life-plant, for I had never been quite easy on the subject.

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