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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

object, physical object go
a tangible and visible entity

whole, unit go
an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity

living thing, animate thing go
a living (or once living) entity

organism, being go
a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently

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

vascular plant, tracheophyte go
green plant having a vascular system: ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms

herb, herbaceous plant go
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem

gramineous plant, graminaceous plant go
cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow leaves

grass go
narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns

cereal, cereal grass
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat

noun.plant

12 Subcategories

oat go
annual grass of Europe and North Africa
barley go
cultivated since prehistoric times
rice go
annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses
ricegrass, rice grass go
any grass of the genus Oryzopsis
pearl millet, bulrush millet, cattail millet, Pennisetum glaucum, Pennisetum Americanum go
tall grass having cattail like spikes
rye, Secale cereale go
hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
millet go
any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
grain go
a cereal grass
wheat go
annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
corn, maize, Indian corn, Zea mays go
tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties
corn go
(Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
wild rice, Zizania aquatica go
perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food