PLANT PART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does plant part mean? 

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

1. any part of a plant or fungus

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLANT PART (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any part of a plant or fungus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

plant part; plant structure

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

natural object (an object occurring naturally; not made by man)

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

tendril (slender stem-like structure by which some twining plants attach themselves to an object for support)

lip ((botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx)

mycelium (the vegetative part of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching threadlike hyphae)

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

aril (fleshy and usually brightly colored cover of some seeds that develops from the ovule stalk and partially or entirely envelops the seed)

duct (a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls)

veil; velum (a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms)

annulus; skirt ((Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar)

plant tissue (the tissue of a plant)

corona ((botany) the trumpet-shaped or cup-shaped outgrowth of the corolla of a daffodil or narcissus flower)

stump; tree stump (the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled)

prophyll (a plant structure resembling a leaf)

stock (a plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants)

receptacle (enlarged tip of a stem that bears the floral parts)

kernel; meat (the inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone)

lobe ((botany) a part into which a leaf is divided)

ligule ((botany) any appendage to a plant that is shaped like a strap)

stipule (a small leafy outgrowth at the base of a leaf or its stalk; usually occurring in pairs and soon shed)

stub (a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost)

button (any of various plant parts that resemble buttons)

thallus (a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes)

cap; pileus (a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom)

calyptra (the hood or cap covering the calyx of certain plants: e.g., the California poppy)

volva (cuplike structure around the base of the stalk of certain fungi)

domatium (a part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi)

pycnidium (flask-shaped asexual structure containing conidia)

tepal (an undifferentiated part of a perianth that cannot be distinguished as a sepal or a petal (as in lilies and tulips))

gynostegium (the crown of the stamen in plants of the genus Asclepias)

chalaza (basal part of a plant ovule opposite the micropyle; where integument and nucellus are joined)

nucellus (central part of a plant ovule; contains the embryo sac)

germ tube ((botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a spore in germination)

pollen tube ((botany) a slender tubular outgrowth from a pollen grain when deposited on the stigma for a flower; it penetrates the style and conveys the male gametes to the ovule)

mentum (a projection like a chin formed by the sepals and base of the column in some orchids)

Holonyms ("plant part" is a part of...):

flora; plant; plant life ((botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion)

 Context examples 

An herb is a plant or plant part used for its scent, flavor, or therapeutic properties.

(Herbal Medicine, NIH: National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine)