Now updated for CSW19. New words, if any, and new inflections of existing words, are shown in red.
| acanthine | of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus. |
| aerophyte | a plant obtaining all its nourishment from the air; an epiphyte. |
| agrestal | growing wild in cultivated ground (esp of weeds). |
| agrestial | growing wild in cultivated ground (esp of weeds). |
| alpine | related to mountains (noun) an alpine plant |
| alpinely | (Adv.) ALPINE, related to mountains. |
| araceous | of or like the arum plant. |
| autophyte | an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| calcicole | a plant thriving on limy soil. |
| calcifuge | a plant that will not tolerate limy soil. |
| cryophyte | an organism esp an alga or moss that grows on snow or ice. |
| cryptogam | a plant reproducing by spores and not seeds, eg ferns, mosses, fungi etc. |
| cultigen | a plant known only in cultivation, apparently originating under domestication. |
| cultivar | a distinct true-breeding race or form, established in cultivation. |
| cybrid | a cell, plant etc. possessing the nuclear genome of one plant with at least some part of the chloroplastal or mitochondrial genome of the other. |
| deciduous | losing leaves in autumn. |
| dictyogen | a monocotyledon with net-veined leaves. |
| ecad | a plant assumed to have adapted to its environment. |
| endogen | any plant, including the monocotyledons, regarded as growing from within. |
| endophyte | an endoparasitic plant. |
| epiphytal | pertaining to an epiphyte, a plant which grows upon another plant. |
| epiphyte | a plant which grows upon another plant, using it for structural support. |
| epiphytic | of or like an epiphyte. |
| equisetic | of or relating to plants of the genus Equisetum, horsetails. |
| evergreen | a tree or shrub that is green throughout the year. |
| fabaceous | beanlike. |
| fagaceous | belonging to the beech family of trees. |
| flora | (Lat.) the plant life of a region. |
| floristic | relating to flora. |
| florula | the flora of a single small environment. |
| florule | the flora of a single small environment. |
| fluvial | of or relating to a river or stream. |
| frutex | (Lat.) a shrub. |
| geophyte | a plant that survives the winter by having subterranean buds eg bulbs, corms or rhizomes. |
| glareal | growing on dry exposed ground. |
| glareous | growing on gravel; (arch.) slimy, viscous. |
| halophile | a plant that is adapted to survive in salty soil. |
| halophobe | a plant that cannot survive in salty soil. |
| halophyte | a plant found growing in salt marshes, or in the sea. |
| helophyte | any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface. |
| herb | a seed-bearing plant whose aerial parts do not persist above ground at the end of the growing season. |
| herborise | to search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. |
| herborize | to search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. |
| holophyte | a plant maintained entirely by its own organs. |
| humicole | any plant that thrives on humus. |
| hygrophil | moisture-loving; living where there is much moisture. |
| hylophyte | a woodland plant. |
| irideal | belonging to the Iridaceae family, irises. |
| megaflora | large plants. |
| mesarch | originating in a moderately moist habitat. |
| mesophyte | a land plant growing in an environment with moderate moisture. |
| monocarp | a plant that fruits only once. |
| monocot | (Short for) a monocotyledon, a plant having a single cotyledon. |
| monocotyl | a plant having a single cotyledon. |
| moraceous | relating to the mulberry genus. |
| musaceous | of, pertaining to, or resembling bananas or plantains. |
| nonhardy | not hardy (of a plant). |
| nonlegume | a plant that is not a legume. |
| oleaceous | of or pertaining to the family Oleaceae, which includes olive, jasmine, lilac, privet, ash, and other trees and shrubs. |
| ombrophil | a plant flourishing in extremely rainy conditions. |
| oophytic | of or pertaining to an oophyte, a division of plants. |
| oxyphilic | thriving in an acid environment. |
| pascual | growing on land used for grazing; (noun) a plant that grows in pasture. |
| phaenogam | (Greek) any plant of the class Phaenogamia, flowering plants. |
| phenogam | (Greek) any plant of the class Phaenogamia, flowering plants. |
| phytoid | plantlike. |
| pinaceous | relating to the Pinaceae, a family of conifers including pines, firs, spruces and larch. |
| pleuston | organisms living in the thin surface layer of fresh water. |
| poaceous | belonging to the meadow-grass family. |
| polybrid | a type of hybrid plant. |
| pomaceous | of or relating to apples. |
| rosaceous | of or pertaining to the Rosaceae or rose family. |
| ruderal | growing in wasteland or among rubbish; (noun) a ruderal plant. |
| rutaceous | of or pertaining to the rue family. |
| sative | (Obs.) cultivated. |
| saxatile | rock-dwelling. |
| saxicole | rock-dwelling. |
| sciophyte | any plant that grows best in the shade. |
| segetal | growing in fields of grain. |
| semidwarf | a plant that is half dwarf. |
| sexualist | one who classifies plants by the sexual method of Linnaeus. |
| subshrub | a low shrub. |
| succulent | juicy, sappy (noun) a plant, such as a cactus, that stores water in its stem and leaves |
| taxaceous | pertaining to yew trees. |
| theaceous | relating to the tea genus of evergreen plants. |
| ulmaceous | of or like elms. |
| vegetal | of or pertaining to vegetables, or the vegetable kingdom (noun) a plant or vegetable |
| vegetally | (Adv.) VEGETAL, like a plant or vegetable. |
| vegetive | having the nature of a plant; (noun, Shakesp.) a plant. |
| xerarch | growing in dry places. |
| xeric | adapted to life with only a small amount of moisture. |
| xerically | (Adv.) XERIC, characterized by or requiring only a small amount of moisture. |
| xeromorph | a plant thriving in desert conditions, a xerophyte. |
| xerophile | adapted to dry conditions; (noun) a plant adapted to dry conditions. |
| xerophily | adaptation to very dry conditions. |
| xerophyte | a plant thriving in desert conditions. |
| zygophyte | a plant that reproduces by the union of two similar cells. |