PLANT 植物
CREATURE that CAN NOT VOLUTARILY MOVE.
Hypernym
- CREATURELIVING THING.
- FRUITRIPE SEED ON PLANT or TREE, TYPICALLY HARVESTED by HUMANS FOR EATING.
- LEAFTHIN GREEN PLANT-PART which TYPICALLY GROWS on TWIGS OR FROM the ROOT.
- PLANT PARTSPART of a PLANT.
- SEEDSMALL PLANT PRODUCT that one SOWS FOR CAUSING a PLANT TO GROW.
- TRUNKCENTRAL, TYPICALLY MOST BIG, PART of a PLANT TYPICALLY A TREE OR OF THE BODY OF AN ANIMAL
Hyponym
- CREEPER PLANT that ASCENDS A SUPPORTING SURFACE.DELETE??
- FLOWER SMALL PLANT which HAS BLOSSOMS as the MOST IMPORTANT PART.
- GRASS SMALL PLANT CONSISTING ONLY of ROOTS AND LEAVES, AND EATEN by SHEEP AND BOVINES.
- SEAWEED GRASSY WATER PLANT that can be EATEN.
- TREE INTENSELY LARGE COMMON PLANT [BIOLOGY].
- BAMBOO TREE in the form of GIANT GRASS, the STEMS of which CAN be USED AS STICKS.
- TREE, KINDS CATEGORY of TREE.
- OAK The name of a well-known forest TREE, Quercus Robur. []
- TREES KINDS OF TREES
- BUSH TREE that GROWS INTENSELY LOW AND HAS MANY BRANCHES.
- VEGETABLES PLANTS THE LEAVES of which are USED FOR FOOD.
- PLANTS KIND of PLANT.
- WEEDS PLANT BELIEVED to be HARMFUL OR USELESS.
- AROMATIC PLANTS FRAGRANT PLANT.
- HEMP PLANT USED TO PRODUCE OIL AND TO MAKE CLOTH. []
- CLOTH MATERIALS PLANTS USED FOR PRODUCING CLOTH.
- HEMP PLANT USED TO PRODUCE OIL AND TO MAKE CLOTH. []
- MUSHROOM
- VINE PLANT USED FOR PRODUCING WINE.
- MOSS PLANT WITH SHORT LEAVES THAT GROWS ON ROCKS AND TREES.????
Old Chinese Criteria
2. The current term for plants or vegetation in general is cǎo mù 草木 "grasses and trees".
3. Cǎo 草 can refer to plants or all sorts, including flowers, but always to plants smaller than bushes.
Modern Chinese Criteria
rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH /
- A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages
(
BUCK 1988)
p.
8.53 - 中華古代文化辭典 Zhonghua gudai wenhua cidian
(
QIAN YULIN 1996)
p.
180-204 Basic botanical terminology simply explained.
- "Sachwoerterbuch zum Alten China"
(
UNGER SACH)
p.
PFLANZE
Words
草木 cǎo mù OC: tshuuʔ mooɡ MC: tshɑu muk 21 AttributionsWD
The current term for plants in general is cǎo mù 草木 "grasses and trees".
- Syntactic words
- NPm(.post-N)the vegetation in a certain placeCH
- NPnonreferentialvegetation; plants and trees; plants (including, for example, flowers which are neither trees, shrubs or grasses)
草 cǎo OC: tshuuʔ MC: tshɑu 6 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- nplant of any kind, smaller than bush
- nabstractplant of any kind whatever, including treesCH
植物 zhí wù OC: djɯɡ mɯd MC: dʑɨk mi̯ut 2 AttributionsWD
The general abstract term for a plant, rarely used, is zhí wù 植物.
- Syntactic words
- NP{N1adN2}ZHOULI: plant
藥 yào OC: k-lawɡ MC: ji̯ɐk 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- npluralmedical plants; herbs
樹藝 shù yì OC: djoʔ ŋeds MC: dʑi̯o ŋiɛi 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPabactplantingLZ
- vt[oN]engage in agricultural planting; plant sedgelings
為 wéi OC: ɢʷal MC: ɦiɛ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- vtoNplant so as to cultivate (rice etc)
苗草 miáo cǎo MC: mjew tshawX OC: mrew tshuuʔCH 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPpluralall sorts of new sprouts and herbsCH
屮木 chè mù MC: trhjet buwk OC: -- mooɡLZ 1 AttributionWD
- Syntactic words
- NPnonreferentialvegetation; plants and trees; plantsLZ
莢 jiá OC: keeb MC: kep 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
- npea or bean pod
菟 tù OC: thaas MC: thuo̝ 0 AttributionsWD
- Syntactic words
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