PLANT MATERIAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plant material mean? 

• PLANT MATERIAL (noun)
  The noun PLANT MATERIAL has 1 sense:

1. material derived from plants

  Familiarity information: PLANT MATERIAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANT MATERIAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Material derived from plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

plant material; plant substance

Hypernyms ("plant material" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "plant material"):

cutin ((biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids)

chaff; husk; shuck; stalk; straw; stubble (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)

cork (outer bark of the cork oak; used for stoppers for bottles etc.)

plant product (a product made from plant material)

vegetable tallow (a waxy fat obtained from certain plants (e.g. bayberry) and used as tallow)

wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)

 Context examples 

These bacteria secrete a compound called "tunicamycin" to keep rival bacteria from reaching choice resources, like rotting plant material.

(Soil Bacterium Tapped for Penicillin Guard Duty, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

Some termite species cultivate fungi in "gardens" in subterranean nests or chambers, helping to convert plant material into a more easily digestible termite food source.

(Researchers discover oldest evidence of 'farming' by insects, NSF)

The amber piece already was slated to become jewelry, as it also contains well preserved plant material.

(Dinosaur Tail Found in Myanmar, VOA News)

The microscope analysis of the plant material came up with the exciting discovery that some plants were exuding vaterite from “chalk glands” (hydathodes) on the margins of their leaves.

(Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time, University of Cambridge)