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plantscraper en · NOUN

Etymology

From plant + -scraper.

Meanings

1. A tower used for indoor farming; a farmscraper.
   • Birds Eye and other food producers are investigating building 'plantscrapers', which could accommodate hundreds of storeys worth of crops, in a bid to make farming more economical, sustainable and meet increasing demand. 2012 December 31, Sean Poulter, “The plant skyscrapers: Giant greenhouses in city centres to herald a new age of farming”, in Daily Mail, London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Dec 2022:
   • A Swedish food-tech company called Plantagon is proposing that cities consider building what it calls "plantscrapers" — office towers that contain giant indoor farms. Plantagon is constructing its first plantscraper in Linköping, Sweden. 2017 November 18, Leanna Garfield, “This $40 million robotic 'plantscraper' will feed over 5,000 people per year”, in Business Insider, New York, N.Y.: Insider Inc., →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2021:
2. A tall residential building covered in plants.
   • You could be forgiven for imagining the striking towers of One Central Park on Sydney's Broadway, whose north and west facades are smothered with up to 40,000 indigenous plants, are a one-off exercise in urban environmentalism, designed for apartment dwellers with deep pockets. But the reality is that green-covered towers – plantscrapers – are springing up across the globe. 2018 August 25, Greg Callaghan, “Why plantscrapers are springing up across the globe”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW: Nine Entertainment, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2023:
   • These idiotic "plantscrapers", as they call them, are the ultimate symbol of pretending to be environmentally friendly while doing absolutely nothing to reduce your carbon footprint. 2024 February 2, Adam Something, 0:07 from the start, in Why Green Skyscrapers are a Terrible Idea, YouTube:

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