Meaning

(botany) A ground-dwelling plant..

Definitions by Sense

1. (botany) A ground-dwelling plant.
2. Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”).
3. Of, relating to, or inhabiting the land of the Earth or its inhabitants, earthly.
4. Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth.
5. Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitat); not aquatic, not holoepiphytic, etc.
6. (astronomy) Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet.
7. Concerned with the world or worldly matters.
8. (Mormonism) Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory.

Example Sentences

It will be manifest that natural scenery must present many beautiful varieties of effect altogether unfamiliar to us terrestrials, who know of no colours in scenery except those inherent in the objects themselves which form the landscape.

Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field.

quoted in 2022, C. F. G. Clark, The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country […] yet this stone [Cannock] is so Sulphurious and Terrestrial, not fit to make Iron; […]

Microorganisms are the Cinderellas of terrestrial ecology — the majority of the Earth's biomass, yet barely catalogued.

a terrestrial plant

Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^([sic]), the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability.

A genius bright and base, / Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims.

We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory; or we are living terrestrial laws that will make us candidates for terrestrial glory; or telestial.

Word Forms

• terrestrials

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Use terrestrial when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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