host plant
English
noun
Definitions
- (biology) A plant that supplies food resources and substrate for certain insects or other fauna.
Etymology
Compound from English host + English plant (set firmly, sole, place).
Origin
English
plant
Gloss
set firmly, sole, place
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
鮃
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antiplant English
- ashplant English
- assplant English
- co-host English
- cohost English
- dehost English
- deplant English
- displant English
- eggplant English
- explant English
- faceplant English
- handplant English
- host English
- hostable English
- hostee English
- hoster English
- hostless English
- hostmask English
- hostmaster English
- hostname English
- hostress English
- hostship English
- houseplant English
- interhost English
- interplant English
- intrahost English
- intraplant English
- leadplant English
- localhost English
- macroplant English
- microplant English
- misplant English
- multihost English
- multiplant English
- mycohost English
- nonhost English
- nonplant English
- outplant English
- overplant English
- palmoplantar English
- peaker plant English
- pieplant English
- plant English
- plantable English
- plantage English
- plantal English
- plantar English
- plantcutter English
- planted English
- planter English
- plantest English
- planteth English
- planthood English
- planthopper English
- plantivorous English
- plantkin English
- plantkind English
- plantless English
- plantlet English
- plantlife English
- plantlike English
- plantling English
- plantly English
- plantocracy English
- plantsman English
- plantsperson English
- plantstand English
- plantstuff English
- plantswoman English
- plantwide English
- plantwise English
- preplant English
- rehost English
- replant English
- rouge-plant English
- superplant English
- transplant English
- underplant English
- unplant English
- washplant English
- waterplant English
- waxplant English
- hostata Finnish
- host Dutch, Flemish
- hosten Dutch, Flemish
- хост Russian
- host Spanish, Castilian
- host Portuguese
- ホスト Japanese
- hoste Middle English
- plante Middle English
- planten Middle English
- planta Cebuano
- planteran Cebuano
- planim Tok Pisin
- host
- plant
- cohost
- dehost
- rehost
- hoster
- hostee
- deplant
- planted
- co-host
- planter
- plantal
- plantar
- replant
- unplant
- explant
- plantly
- nonhost
- pieplant
- plantage
- nonplant
- displant
- ashplant
- hostname
- preplant
- hostless
- hostress
- hostable
- hostmask
- planteth
- eggplant
- plantkin
- misplant
- waxplant
- plantest
- hostship
- mycohost
- outplant
- plantlet
- assplant
- plantwide
- planthood
- leadplant
- antiplant
- multihost
- plantlife
- localhost
- plantling
- intrahost
- overplant
- faceplant
- plantable
- plantlike
- plantless
- plantsman
- interhost
- plantwise
- washplant
- plantkind
- handplant
- underplant
- microplant
- transplant
- waterplant
- multiplant
- hostmaster
- plantstuff
- superplant
- interplant
- macroplant
- plantstand
- houseplant
- intraplant
- rouge-plant
- planthopper
- plantocracy
- plantcutter
- plantswoman
- plantsperson
- palmoplantar
- peaker plant
- plantivorous