plant product

/plænt ˌprɑdəkt/

Other forms: plant products

Definitions of plant product

1. noun

   a product made from plant material
   types:

   coca

   dried leaves of the coca plant (and related plants that also contain cocaine); chewed by Andean people for their stimulating effect

   baccy, tobacco

   leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion

   ethanol, ethyl alcohol, fermentation alcohol, grain alcohol

   the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline

   growth regulator, phytohormone, plant hormone

   (botany) a plant product that acts like a hormone

   furfural, furfuraldehyde

   a liquid aldehyde with a penetrating odor; made from plant hulls and corncobs; used in making furan and as a solvent

   natural resin

   a plant exudate

   plant fiber, plant fibre

   fiber derived from plants

   saccharose, sucrose

   a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent

   filler

   the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar

   roll of tobacco, smoke

   tobacco leaves that have been made into a cylinder

   smoking mixture

   a blend of tobaccos to be smoked in a pipe

   snuff

   finely powdered tobacco for sniffing up the nose

   sandarac, sandarach

   a brittle and faintly aromatic translucent resin used in varnishes

   guaiacum

   medicinal resin from the lignum vitae tree

   storax

   a vanilla-scented resin from various trees of the genus Styrax

   scammony

   resin from the root of Convolvulus scammonia

   acaroid resin, accaroid resin, accroides, accroides gum, accroides resin, gum accroides

   an alcohol-soluble resin from Australian trees; used in varnishes and in manufacturing paper

   spirits of wine

   rectified ethyl alcohol

   absolute alcohol

   pure ethyl alcohol (containing no more than 1% water)

   denatured alcohol

   ethyl alcohol that is unfit for drinking but is still useful for other purposes

   shag

   a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded

   Turkish tobacco

   a dark aromatic tobacco of eastern Europe that is used in cigarettes

   auxin

   a plant hormone that promotes root formation and bud growth

   gibberellin

   a plant hormone isolated from a fungus; used in promoting plant growth

   cytokinin, kinin

   any of a class of plant hormones that promote cell division and delay the senescence of leaves

   anime, gum anime

   any of various resins or oleoresins

   asafetida, asafoetida

   the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic

   camphor

   a resin obtained from the camphor tree; used in making celluloid and liniment

   cannabin, cannabis resin

   a resin obtained from the hemp plant; thought to be the active narcotic agent in marijuana

   buntal

   fine white Philippine fiber from stalks of unopened leaves of talipot palms; used in making hats

   flax

   fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven into linen fabric

   cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool

   soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state

   brain sugar, galactose

   a simple sugar found in lactose

   amber

   a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry

   copal

   a brittle aromatic resin used in varnishes

   damar, dammar, dammar resin, gum dammar

   any of various hard resins from trees of the family Dipterocarpaceae and of the genus Agathis; especially the amboyna pine

   colophony

   translucent brittle substance produced from pine oleoresin; used especially in varnishes and inks and on the bows of stringed instruments

   mastic

   an aromatic exudate from the mastic tree; used chiefly in varnishes

   oleoresin

   a naturally occurring mixture of a resin and an essential oil; obtained from certain plants

   gum resin

   a mixture of resin and gum

   hemp

   a plant fiber

   jute

   a plant fiber used in making rope or sacks

   kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk

   a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation

   red silk cotton

   a plant fiber from the red silk-cotton tree of eastern India; inferior to kapok

   straw

   plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

   raffia, raphia

   leaf fibers of the raffia palm tree; used to make baskets and mats etc.

   sisal, sisal hemp

   a plant fiber used for making rope

   wood tar

   any tar obtained by the destructive distillation of wood

   type of:

   plant material, plant substance

   material derived from plants