green plants

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Typically green, plants generally stay rooted, soaking up solar energy and converting it to chemical energy.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

They start out as live, green plants that soak up rainwater and grow.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

"The majority of the lost genes in Balanophora are probably related to functions essential in green plants, which have become functionally unnecessary in the parasites," said Dr. Graham.

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

Rails of lights hugged the moist walls, shining on sprouts of green plants, the underground’s only bursts of color.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2022

I am consoled, somewhat, by the thought that the green plants are in the same fix.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas