food plant en · NOUN
Meanings
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A plant which is a source of food for a given species.
I would have eggs or larvae rushed to me here by plane from all over North America, with their foodplants [...].
1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 44:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| food-plant | alternative | lexicographic | |
| foodplant | alternative | lexicographic | |
| food plants | Number=Plur | lexicographic |