พืช
plant
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- 1 plant、vegetation、crop
This word broadly refers to plants and vegetation, including grasses, trees, vegetables, and grains. In agricultural contexts, it often means a crop.
plant、vegetation、crop
It refers broadly to plant life and, in farming contexts, to plants grown as crops.
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เกษตรกรปลูกพืชหลายชนิด kasèettrakɔɔn plùuk phʉ̂ʉt lǎay chanít The farmer grows several kinds of crops. เกษตรกรปลูกพืชหลายชนิด details
Learning notes
Explanation
พืช is a broad term for plant life and is especially common in science, environmental discussions, and agriculture. It often emphasizes plants as a category or type rather than a specific visible specimen. Types can be counted with ชนิด, as in พืชสามชนิด, “three kinds of plants.” Individual plants are often counted with ต้น when appropriate.
Usage
It is commonly used when discussing how plants grow, classifying plant life, describing the natural environment, or talking about crops grown by farmers.
Caution
For a particular tree in front of you, ต้นไม้ is usually more natural than พืช. Use ผัก specifically for vegetables and ผลไม้ for fruit.
Differences from similar words
1 plant synonyms
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ต้นไม้ commonly refers to a tree or an individual plant in everyday speech. พืช is broader, covering grasses, grains, vegetables, and other plant life, and is common in classification and general explanations.
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พืชพันธุ์ often refers collectively to plant varieties or vegetation. พืช is the more basic and flexible term for a plant, a type of plant, or a crop.