Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

food plant

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.77 in modern English

Syllables: food -plant
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A plant which is a source of food for a given species.

Example Sentences

"I would have eggs or larvae rushed to me here by plane from all over North America, with their foodplants [...]."

Inflected Forms

food plants (plural) food-plant (alternative) foodplant (alternative)

Questions

What does food plant mean?: A plant which is a source of food for a given species.

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