life plant

noun

First recorded in 1850–55

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

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

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

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

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

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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