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植物相 (しょくぶつそう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

植しょく物ぶつ相そう

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Meanings

1

flora; vegetation

Scientific term for the plant life of a particular region or period. Often used in ecology and botany.

この島しまの植しょく物ぶつ相そうは独どく特とく

だ

。

The flora of this island is unique.

その地ち域いきの植しょく物ぶつ相そうを調ちょう査さした。

We surveyed the flora of that region.

Kanji

植plant
物thing, object, matter
相inter-, mutual, together

Related words

動どう物ぶつ相そう
動物相 means 'fauna', the animal life of a region, while 植物相 refers specifically to plant life.
植しょく生せい
植生 is a more general term for vegetation or plant cover, often used in geography and ecology, while 植物相 is more taxonomic.

Built from

植しょく物ぶつ+相そう

Etymology

Compound of 植物 (plant) and 相 (aspect, phase), a calque from Western scientific terminology.