life plant

noun

air plant(def 2).

Origin of life plant

First recorded in 1850–55

Words nearby life plant

life of samuel johnson, the, life of the party, life on the mississippi, life partner, life peer, life plant, life preserver, life raft, life science, life sentence, life signs

Example sentences from the Web for life plant

  • I also questioned 'Crombie about the life-plant, for I had never been quite easy on the subject.

    A Maid of the Kentucky Hills |Edwin Carlile Litsey

  • The life-plant is the most peculiar growth in nature, and cannot be confounded with anything else.

    A Maid of the Kentucky Hills |Edwin Carlile Litsey

  • I'm not altogether satisfied about this life-plant, although I know 'Crombie wouldn't joke with me about so serious a matter.

    A Maid of the Kentucky Hills |Edwin Carlile Litsey

  • It is true I had found nothing which resembled the life-plant in the least, and already I had traveled far.

    A Maid of the Kentucky Hills |Edwin Carlile Litsey