plant vs autophyte

autophyte vs plant

plant and autophyte both are nouns.

plant is a verb but autophyte is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plant	Yes	No	Yes	No
autophyte	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, autophyte is a hyponym of plant; that is, autophyte is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plant:

plant: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
autophyte: plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

Other hyponyms of plant include phytoplankton, microflora, crop, holophyte, non-flowering plant, plantlet, wilding, ornamental, pot plant, acrogen, apomict, aquatic, cryptogam, annual, biennial, perennial, escape, hygrophyte, neophyte, embryo, monocarp, monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant, sporophyte, gametophyte, houseplant, garden plant, tracheophyte, vascular plant, poisonous plant, aerophyte, air plant, epiphyte, epiphytic plant, rock plant, autophytic plant, autotroph, autotrophic organism, myrmecophyte.

plant (noun)	autophyte (noun)
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion	plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
buildings for carrying on industrial labor
something planted secretly for discovery by another
an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

plant (verb)	autophyte (verb)
put firmly in the mind
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
fix or set securely or deeply
place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
set up or lay the groundwork for
place into a river

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