Rastline = Plants

1. PRE-INTERMEDIATE and INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

1.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– a plant = rastlina
– a flower = roža, cvetlica, cvet
– a rose = vrtnica
– a tree = drevo
– a forest = gozd
– a wood = the woods = gozd*
– wood = les
– a jungle = džungla
– a rainforest = tropski gozd
– a fruit = sadež
– a blossom = a bloom = cvet
– to blossom = to bloom = cveteti
– a leaf** = list
– a petal = cvetni list
– a branch = veja
– a root = korenina
– a bush = grm
– a seed = seme
– a garden = vrt
– a field = polje
– to plant = posaditi, posejati
– to sow = (po)sejati
– to reap = (po)žeti
– to water = zaliti
– a weed = plevel
– to weed = (o)pleti
– soil = prst
– fertile = rodoviten
– to fertilise = (po)gnojiti
– arid = nerodoviten, izsušen
– to grow = gojiti
– to pick = odtrgati, nabirati

* Med edninsko obliko “a wood” in množinsko “the woods” ni bistvene pomenske razlike, značilna je le standardna raba slednje od obeh v ameriški angleščini.
Razlika med “a wood” oziroma “the woods” in “a forest” pa je predvsem v velikosti. “A forest” je namreč tipično večji gozd kot “a wood”.
** Množinska oblika samostalnika se glasi “leaves”.

1.2. Phrases = Fraze

– The house plant was in full bloom. = Sobna rastlina je bila v polnem razcvetu.
– The girl picked a flower. = Deklica je odtrgala cvetlico.

2. UPPER-INTERMEDIATE and ADVANCED LEVEL

2.1. Vocabulary = Besedišče

– deciduous = listnat
– coniferous = iglast
– a conifer = a coniferous tree = iglavec
– a deciduous tree = listavec
– evergreen = zimzelen
– an evergreen = zimzelena rastlina
– an oak = hrast
– a willow = vrba
– a chestnut = kostanj
– a birch = breza
– a poplar = topol
– a lime = a linden = lipa*
– a fir = jelka
– a pine = borovec
– a spruce = smreka
– a cypress = cipresa
– an elm = brest
– a maple = javor
– a tulip = tulipan
– a lily = lilija
– a daffodil = narcisa
– a carnation = nagelj
– a chrysanthemum = krizantema
– a daisy = marjetica
– a snowdrop = zvonček
– a bud = popek, brstič
– pollen = pelod, cvetni prah
– a cone = storž
– a thorn = trn
– a twig = vejica
– a bough = velika veja
– a trunk = deblo
– a tree stump = štor
– a stem = steblo
– a petiole = listni pecelj
– bark = lubje
– to trim = obrezati
– a bouquet = šopek

* V Veliki Britaniji se uporablja izraz »a lime«, medtem ko je v Severni Ameriki bolj razširjen izraz »a linden«.