Reverse Dictionary: PLANT

ADJECTIVES
► BIRNY of plants: having rough or stunted stems → 1898 Sc. (Bk.)
► GREEN-FINGERED skilled at growing plants → 1946 sl.
► HUMILE of a plant: of lowly growth → 1567 chiefly Sc. obs.
► LUSHY of plants, etc. esp. of grass: lush, luxuriant in growth → 1821
► MIFFEY of plants: apt to fade when transplanted → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► QUICK of plants or their parts: alive, growing→ c1000
► RACY of plants: full of sap, succulent → 1675 obs.
► RAMPING of plants: climbing, clasping → 1578 obs.
► RANGLING twining, rambling, winding; esp. said of plants → 1863 Eng. dial.
► RESP of plants: fresh; full of moisture, juicy → 1819 Eng. dial.
► SATORIOUS belonging to one who sows, sets, or plants → 1656 obs.
► SAVAGE of a plant or tree: wild, uncultivated → 1422 obs.
► SUBAQUANEOUS pert. to plants growing under water → 1656 obs.
► VEGETATIVE obtained or derived from vegetables or plants → 1662 obs.
► VEGETE of plants or their parts: healthy, vigorous; growing strongly → 1651
► VEGETIVE pert. to vegetables or plants → 1526
► VEGETIVOROUS feeding on vegetables or plants → 1859
► SATIVE sown or planted; cultivated, not wild → 1599 obs.
► SATIVOUS sown or planted; cultivated, not wild → 1786 obs.

NOUNS
► ABORIGINES the plants or animals indigenous to place; flora or fauna → a1661 obs.
► AERUGO the rust or mildew of plants → a1398 obs.
► BELL the blossom of a plant → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► BIOTA the animal or plant life of a particular region → 1986 (Bk.)
► BIRN the withered stems of garden or other plants → 1790 Eng. dial.
► BLOOD the juice or sap of plants → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► DRILL-DROLLS trailing plants; the wild convolvulus → 1895 Eng. dial.
► FERITY of plants: wildness, uncultivated condition → c1534
► FLORIMANIA a mania for plants and flowers → 1991 (Bk.)
► GARDEN-STUFF plants grown in a garden; vegetables for the table → a1687
► GREEN a tree, herb, or plant → 1300 obs.
► GREEN FINGERS exceptional skill at growing plants → 1934 sl.
► GREEN HAND the ability to grow plants → 1944 Amer. dial.
► GREEN THUMB exceptional skill at growing plants → 1943 sl., chiefly US
► GROWING HAND an exceptional ability to make plants thrive; a ‘green thumb’ → 1930 Amer. dial.
► HARBOUR a bower or retreat covered with climbing shrubs and plants → 1563 obs.
► HEADLET a little or miniature head, as the bud of a plant → 1577 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HERBALISM the science of herbs or plants; botany → 1664 obs.
► IMP a young shoot of a plant or tree; a sapling → c897 obs.
► LAUNCH shoots of a plant → a1400 obs.
► LEADER the main shoot of a plant or tree → 1890 Eng. dial.
► PACIFIC STEROID the Southeast Asian plant, taro → 2002 NZ sl.
► PLANTAGE 1. plants in general; anything that is planted; vegetation → 1606 obs.
2. the cultivation of plants, planting → 1632 obs.
► PUMILIO a dwarf; a diminutive person or plant → 1576 obs.
► QUICK 1. living plants → 1456-7
2. the growing part of a plant nearest to the roots → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RHODO a rhododendron → E20 colloq.
► RHODY a rhododendron → M19 colloq.
► SATION a sowing of seed, a planting → c1440 obs.
► SIMPLE a plant or herb employed for medical purposes; chiefly used in the plural → 1539 arch.
► SMALL SALAD plants whose leaves, when young, are used in salad → 1693
► SMALL SALADING plants whose leaves, when young, are used in salad → 1710
► TABLE a plot of ground for planting; a bed → c1440 obs.
► TALLY a plant identification label → 1822
► TILLER a plant, a shoot, a twig; a shoot or sucker from the root → a1000 obs.
► TOPOLOGY the department of botany which treats of the localities where plants are found → 1659 obs.
► UNCLE AND AUNT a plant → 1992 UK rhyming sl.
► VEGETAL a plant; a vegetable → 1599
► VEGETATION a plant; a vegetable form or growth → 1683 obs.
► VEGETATIVE a vegetable or plant → 1634 obs.
► VEGETIVE a plant, a vegetable → 1602
► WOODMAN’S CHARMIN any of a variety of plants having broad, soft leaves → 1966 Amer. dial.
► WOODSMAN’S TOILET PAPER any of a variety of plants having broad, soft leaves → 2001 Amer. dial.

NOUNS – PERSON
► CULTURALIST a person who cultivates or rears plants, fish, etc. → 1866
► GEOBOTANIST an expert or specialist in geobotany (geographical distribution of plants) → 1875
► PHILOBOTANIST a lover of plants → 1991 (Bk.)

VERBS
► BOOM of plants: to grow vigorously, to thrive → 1966 Amer. dial.
► EFFLOWER of a plant: to go out of bloom → c1420 obs.
► ENJOY of plants: to thrive, to grow freely → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MANURE to cultivate, train or rear a plant → 1632 obs.
► MIFF OFF of plants: to fade, to lose their strength and beauty → 1883 Eng. dial.
► PITCH to plant → 1772 US
► POLL to cut off the top of a tree or plant; to top or head a tree a few feet from the ground so it throws out more branches; generally, to lop the branches of, to prune → a1449
► RAMP of plants: to grow luxuriantly → 1820 Eng. dial.
► SPRENT of a plant: to sprout; to shoot → 1647 obs.
► SPRINT of plants, etc.: to sprout, to shoot → a1878 obs.
► TEAL ► TEEL to dig; to plant in the ground, esp. to set potatoes → 1874 Eng. dial.