浇水 澆水 jiāo shuǐ to water (plants etc) syn 马尾 馬尾 mǎ wěi ponytail (hairstyle) / horse's tail / slender fibers like horse's tail (applies to various plants) 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow / thin and pallid / haggard / (of plants) withered syn 转头 轉頭 zhuàn tóu nutation (plants turning to face the sun) syn 下体 下體 xià tǐ lower body / euphemism for genitals / root and stem of plants syn 落叶 落葉 luò yè dead leaves / to lose leaves (of plants) / deciduous 花丛 花叢 huā cóng cluster of flowers / inflorescence / flowering shrub syn 木瓜 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) syn 花卉 huā huì flowers and plants syn 花草 huā cǎo flowers and plants syn 种群 種群 zhǒng qún population (of a species) / community (of animals or plants) 草木 cǎo mù vegetation / plants 捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants) / to catch syn 花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn lit. lovely scene of blossoming plants swaying in the breeze (idiom) / fig. gorgeously dressed (woman) syn 动植物 動植物 dòng zhí wù plants and animals / flora and fauna syn 花季 huā jì youthful time / prime of youth / flowering season syn 败落 敗落 bài luò (of status or wealth) to decline / (of buildings etc) to become dilapidated / run-down / (of plants) to wilt syn 绿化 綠化 lǜ huà to make green with plants / to reforest / (Internet slang) Islamization 攀附 pān fù to climb (of climbing plants) / to creep / to cling on to / fig. to seek connection (with the rich and powerful) / social climbing syn 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants / water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals) / (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw 多年生 duō nián shēng perennial (of plants) 花木 huā mù flowers and trees / plants / flora syn 涵养 涵養 hán yǎng to cultivate (personal qualities) / (of forests etc) to support / to provide a suitable environment for the replenishment of (natural resources: groundwater, animals, plants etc) syn 海棠 hǎi táng Chinese flowering crab apple (Malus spectabilis) 花期 huā qī the flowering season 浇花 澆花 jiāo huā to water the plants / to water the garden 菜心 cài xīn choy sum / Chinese flowering cabbage / stem of any Chinese cabbage 野生植物 yě shēng zhí wù plants in the wild 分蘖 分櫱 fēn niè tiller (stem at the base of grass plants) syn 返青 fǎn qīng (of plants) to turn green again / to revegetate 紫草 zǐ cǎo red root gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon) / flowering plant whose roots provide purple dye / arnebia (plant genus in family Boraginaceae) 株距 zhū jù spacing / distance between plants (within a row) 淫羊藿 yín yáng huò Epimedium, genus of herbaceous flowering plant, cultivated in the Far East as aphrodisiac / also called barrenwort or horny goatweed (said to resemble crushed goat's testicles) 抽 chōu to draw out / to pull out from in between / to remove part of the whole / (of certain plants) to sprout or bud / to whip or thrash syn 棵 kē classifier for trees, cabbages, plants etc syn 园 園 yuán land used for growing plants / site used for public recreation / abbr. for a place ending in 園|园, such as a botanical garden 植物園|植物园, kindergarten 幼兒園|幼儿园 etc syn 蓬 péng fleabane (family Asteraceae) / disheveled / classifier for luxuriant plants, smoke, ashes, campfires: clump, puff syn 株 zhū tree trunk / stump (tree root) / a plant / classifier for trees or plants / strain (biology) / to involve others (in shady business) syn 葵 kuí used in the names of various herbaceous plants syn 枯 kū (of plants) withered / (of wells, rivers, etc) dried up / (bound form) dull / boring / (bound form) residue of pressed oilseeds syn 蒲 pú refers to various monocotyledonous flowering plants including Acorus calamus and Typha orientalis / common cattail / bullrush 肉豆蔻 ròu dòu kòu nutmeg (Myristica fragrans Houtt) / mace / Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils) syn 荼 tú thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion 锈斑 鏽斑 xiù bān rust spot / blemish (on plants) 桑科 sāng kē Moraceae (type of flowering plant) 秧 yāng sapling / seedling / sprout / (esp.) rice seedling / stem / stalk / vine / baby livestock / fry / (dialect) to raise / to cultivate (plants or animals) syn 被子植物 bèi zǐ zhí wù angiosperm (flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) 保苗 bǎo miáo to protect young plants, ensuring that enough survive to produce a good crop 双子叶 雙子葉 shuāng zǐ yè dicotyledon (plant family distinguished by two embryonic leaves, includes daisies, broadleaved trees, herbaceous plants) 裸子植物 luǒ zǐ zhí wù gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) 挂花 掛花 guà huā to be wounded / (of plants) to bloom syn 卉 huì plants syn 罱 lǎn a kind of tool used to dredge up fish, water plants or river mud, consisting of a net attached to a pair of bamboo poles, which are used to open and close the net / to dredge with such a tool syn 淠 pì luxuriant (of water plants) 薿 nǐ luxuriant (of plants) 蔸 dōu root and lower stem of certain plants / classifier for pieces and clumps syn 蓏 luǒ fruit of plants (not of trees) 秋荼密网 秋荼密網 qiū tú mì wǎng flowering autumn grass, fine net (idiom) / fig. abundant and exacting punishments prescribed by law 百卉千葩 bǎi huì qiān pā myriad plants and flowers (idiom) / rich and colorful 天门冬科 天門冬科 tiān mén dōng kē Asparagaceae, family of flowering plants which includes asparagus 被子植物门 被子植物門 bèi zǐ zhí wù mén angiospermae (phylum of flowering plants with seed contained in a fruit) 马兜铃科 馬兜鈴科 mǎ dōu líng kē Aristolochiaceae (birthwort family of flowering plants, including ginger) 花肥 huā féi fertilizer for potted flowers / fertilizer used to promote flowering in crop plants 倒吊蜡烛 倒吊蠟燭 dào diào là zhú Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo) 海棠花 hǎi táng huā Chinese flowering crab-apple (Malus spectabilis) 踏雪寻梅 踏雪尋梅 tà xuě xún méi to walk in the snow to view the flowering plum 大麻属植物的开花顶部 大麻屬植物的開花頂部 flowering top of the cannabis plant 箮 xuān bamboo flower / flowering bamboo 大波斯菊 dà bō sī jú cosmos (Cosmos bipinnatus), flowering herbaceous plant 徒长 徒長 tú zhǎng (of a plant) to experience excessive vegetative growth (at the expense of flowering or fruiting) 屮 chè plants sprouting 蔉 gǔn to bank up the roots of plants 亚门 亞門 yà mén (biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy) / subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi) 耔 zǐ hoe up soil around plants syn 芔 huì a general term for plants 菊科 jú kē Asteraceae or Compositae (composites), a large family of dicotyledonous plants producing scents, includes aster, daisy and sunflower 山靛 shān diàn (botany) the spurges, the mercuries (plants of genus Mercurialis) 木兰纲 木蘭綱 mù lán gāng Magnoliopsidae or Dicotyledoneae (class of plants distinguished by two embryonic leaves) 栽种机 栽種機 zāi zhòng jī a mechanical planter (for rice, plants) 榛榛 zhēn zhēn overgrown with wild plants 残茎 殘莖 cán jīng stubble (the stems of plants after harvest) 津泽 津澤 jīn zé fluids (esp. in plants) / sap 牵牛属 牽牛屬 qiān niú shǔ Pharbitis, genus of herbaceous plants including Morning glory 牽牛|牵牛 (Pharbitis nil) 田营 田營 tián yíng Tianying city in Anhui, having lead processing plants that produce substantial pollution 田营市 田營市 tián yíng shì Tianying city in Anhui, having lead processing plants that produce substantial pollution 维管束植物 維管束植物 wéi guǎn shù zhí wù vascular plants / tracheophytes (botany) 肉豆蔻料 ròu dòu kòu liào Myristicaceae (family of plants producing aromatic or hallucinogenic oils, including nutmeg) 苋科 莧科 xiàn kē Amaranthaceae, family of herbaceous plants containing Chinese spinach (Amaranthus inamoenus) 莧菜|苋菜[xian4 cai4] 裸子植物门 裸子植物門 luǒ zǐ zhí wù mén gymnosperm (plants with seed contained in a cone) 隐花植物 隱花植物 yǐn huā zhí wù Cryptogamae / cryptogamous plant (botany) / plants such as algae 藻類|藻类[zao3 lei4], moss 苔蘚|苔藓[tai2 xian3] and fern 蕨類|蕨类[jue2 lei4] that reproduce by spores 孢子[bao1 zi3] in place of flowers 龙舌兰 龍舌蘭 lóng shé lán agave (genus of plants) / Agave americana / tequila 肉豆蔻科 ròu dòu kòu kē Myristicaceae (family of plants including nutmeg) 亚洲药用和芳香植物网 Asian Network on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 北欧农作物和园艺植物基因库 北歐農作物和園藝植物基因庫 Nordic Gene Bank for Agricultural and Horticultural Plants 人与植物倡议 Initiative on People and Plants 保护植物新品种国际联盟 保護植物新品種國際聯盟 International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants 亚洲及太平洋药用和芬芳植物信息网 亞洲及太平洋藥用和芬芳植物信息網 Asian Pacific Information Network on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 植物委员会 植物委員會 Plants Committee 核电厂质量保证国际专题讨论会 核電廠質量保證國際專題討論會 International Symposium on Quality Assurance for Nuclear Power Plants 