🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

野生植物

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yasei shokubutsu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Wild Plant/waɪld plænt/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"森には多くの野生植物があります。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A plant that grows freely in nature without being cultivated or domesticated.

    "The forest is home to many wild plants that thrive in their natural habitat."
  2. 2

    A plant species that is native to a particular region and has not been introduced by humans.

    "Wild plants often play a crucial role in maintaining the ecosystem."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'wild plant' combines 'wild', derived from Old English 'wild', meaning 'untamed', and 'plant', from Latin 'planta', meaning 'a sprout or shoot'. The phrase evolved to describe flora that grows naturally without human cultivation.

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