Definition of plant-animal in English:

plant-animal

noun ˈplɑːntˌanɪmlˈplantˌanɪml

rare

An organism which has characteristics of both an animal and a plant. In early use: †a plant which is supposed to resemble an animal in some respect; = "zoophyte" (obsolete). In later use chiefly: an animal which resembles a plant in form, usually sessile and having a branching or radiating structure.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Lodge (1558–1625), author and physician. From plant + animal, after French †plant-animal (1602 in the source translated in quot. 1621 at sense 1; from post-classical Latin plantanimal (G. Budé Annot. in Pandectas), itself after Hellenistic Greek ζωόϕυτον).

Definition of plant-animal in US English:

plant-animal

noun

rare

An organism which has characteristics of both an animal and a plant. In early use: †a plant which is supposed to resemble an animal in some respect; = "zoophyte" (obsolete). In later use chiefly: an animal which resembles a plant in form, usually sessile and having a branching or radiating structure.

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Lodge (1558–1625), author and physician. From plant + animal, after French † plant-animal (1602 in the source translated in quot. 1621 at sense 1; from post-classical Latin plantanimal (G. Budé Annot. in Pandectas), itself after Hellenistic Greek ζωόϕυτον).

单词	plant-animal
释义	Definition of plant-animal in English: plant-animal noun ˈplɑːntˌanɪmlˈplantˌanɪml rare An organism which has characteristics of both an animal and a plant. In early use: †a plant which is supposed to resemble an animal in some respect; = "zoophyte" (obsolete). In later use chiefly: an animal which resembles a plant in form, usually sessile and having a branching or radiating structure. Origin Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Lodge (1558–1625), author and physician. From plant + animal, after French †plant-animal (1602 in the source translated in quot. 1621 at sense 1; from post-classical Latin plantanimal (G. Budé Annot. in Pandectas), itself after Hellenistic Greek ζωόϕυτον). Definition of plant-animal in US English: plant-animal noun rare An organism which has characteristics of both an animal and a plant. In early use: †a plant which is supposed to resemble an animal in some respect; = "zoophyte" (obsolete). In later use chiefly: an animal which resembles a plant in form, usually sessile and having a branching or radiating structure. Origin Early 17th century; earliest use found in Thomas Lodge (1558–1625), author and physician. From plant + animal, after French † plant-animal (1602 in the source translated in quot. 1621 at sense 1; from post-classical Latin plantanimal (G. Budé Annot. in Pandectas), itself after Hellenistic Greek ζωόϕυτον).
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