We'll explore what separates plants from other living things — and what we have in common.

我们将探索植物与其他生物的区别——以及我们的共同点。

These fungal filaments form extensive networks that can connect separate plants, creating an underground super highway for chemical messages.

这些真菌丝形成广泛的网络，能在不同植物之间建立起联系，为化学信号传递建立一个地下超高速公路。

One critic of the NASA study suggested that to get the same effect in a typical home you'd need about 680 separate plants.

NASA 研究的一名评论家认为要在家中获得同样的效果，你需要约 680 棵植物。

You see cycads are dioecious, meaning you need separate male and female plants to create a new one.

你看苏铁是雌雄异株的，这意味着你需要分开的雄性和雌性植物来创造一个新的植物。

Gartner kept, during several years, a dwarf kind of maize with yellow seeds, and a tall variety with red seeds growing near each other in his garden; and although these plants have separated sexes, they never naturally crossed.

几年来，加特纳在他的花园里种植了一种矮小的黄色种子玉米和一种高大的红色种子玉米。尽管这些植物有两性分离， 但它们从不自然杂交。