plant life meaning

Definition of plant life

1. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

   Synonyms: plant, flora

   Type of: organism

   Kinds: phytoplankton, microflora, crop, endemic, holophyte, non-flowering plant, plantlet, wilding, ornamental, pot plant, acrogen, apomict

plant life in a sentence

• In addition to water, sunshine is absolutely necessary for plant life.

How to pronounce plant life

plant life is pronounced /plɑːnt laɪf/ in British English and /plænt laɪf/ in American English. It has 2 syllables.