kasvisto

kasvi (“plant”) +‎ -sto. Coined by Finnish physician and philologist Elias Lönnrot in 1860.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑsʋisto/,
• Rhymes: -ɑsʋisto
• Hyphenation^(key): kas‧vis‧to

kasvisto

1. flora (plants considered as a group, especially those of a particular country, region, time, etc.)
2. botany (plant life of a geographical area, type of habitat etc, especially as topic of scientific study.)
3. (dated) herbarium (collection of plants)

• (flora, botany): kasvillisuus
• (herbarium): kasvio

• kasvikunta

• “kasvisto”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02