植 物(しょくぶつ)

しょくぶつ

noun

plant, vegetation

formalliterary

1. plant, vegetation

Living organisms that typically grow in a fixed place, absorbing water and nutrients through roots.

植物(しょくぶつ)を育(そだ)てるのが趣味(しゅみ)です。

Growing plants is my hobby.

植物(しょくぶつ)園(えん)で珍(めずら)しい花(はな)を見(み)た。

I saw rare flowers at the botanical garden.

植物(しょくぶつ)は光合成(こうごうせい)で酸素(さんそ)を作(つく)る。

Plants produce oxygen through photosynthesis.

植物(しょくぶつ) is the scientific/formal term for plants.

Common collocations

植物(しょくぶつ)園(えん) (botanical garden)
植物(しょくぶつ)性(せい) (plant-based, vegetable)
観葉(かんよう)植物(しょくぶつ) (foliage plant, houseplant)
多肉(たにく)植物(しょくぶつ) (succulent plant)
植物(しょくぶつ)油(あぶら) (vegetable oil)

Similar words

植物(しょくぶつ): plant (scientific/formal)
草木(くさき): plants and trees (literary)
花(はな): flower

Related Words

Antonym: 動物(どうぶつ) (animal)

Compare: 草木(くさき) (plants and trees)

Compare: 花(はな) (flower)

Related: 生(い)き物(もの) (living thing, creature)

Compare: 草花(くさばな) (flowering plants)

Compare: 草木(そうもく) (plants)

Compare: 植生(しょくせい) (vegetation)

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Added 2026.1.12 9:54 · Revised 2026.9.2 12:02

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