Plant

"Plant" in Japanese

植物

shokubutsu

(organism capable of photosynthesis)

kusa

(a small or herbaceous organism, rather than a tree)

草木

kusaki

(organism capable of photosynthesis)

草花

kusabana

(a small or herbaceous organism, rather than a tree)

植える

ueru

(to place in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow)

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