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plantal

/ˈplɑːntəl/US/ˈplæntəl/

plantal adjective: belonging to plants.

Adjective

plantal (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Belonging to plants.
    • The most degenerate souls did at last sleep in the bodies of trees, and grew up merely into plantal life.1659, Henry More, Immortality of the Soul
    • To live indeed is common also to plants; but we now investigate the peculiar work of man, so that the consideration about the plantal life must be dismissed.1807, Andrónico de Rodas, The paraphrase of an anonymous Greek writer, page 25
  2. (obsolete) Of the nature of implanting or uniting.
    • "That the Plantal faculty of the Soul, whereby she is unitable to this terrestrial Body, is not arbitrarious, but fatal or natural; which union cannot be dissolved unless the bond of Life be loosened, and that vital congruity (which is in the Body, and does necessarily hold the Soul there) be...1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Appendix, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 151

Origin of plantal

From plant + -al.

Questions about plantal

What does plantal mean?
Plantal means belonging to plants.
What part of speech is plantal?
Plantal is an adjective.
How do you pronounce plantal?
Plantal is pronounced /ˈplɑːntəl/ (UK).

Words near plantal in the dictionary

  1. plantain water
  2. plantain-eater
  3. plantain-eaters
  4. plantainleaf sedge
  5. plantains
  6. plantal
  7. plantane
  8. plantanes
  9. plantar
  10. plantar fascia
  11. plantar fasciitis

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