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At what point is a plant 'alive', or 'dead'?

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SickThings | 10:57 Sun 24th Jun 2007 | Science
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At what point is a plant 'alive', or 'dead'? They do not have a pulse, or breathe, so how can we tell when they are dead? Are seeds, or vegetables 'alive', because they are capable of growing?
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From biology lessons I remember that something is defined as living if the GRIMREN conditions are satisfied (any of them?)

Growth, Respiration, Irritability, Movement, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition.
13:25 Sun 24th Jun 2007
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Not any of them, *all* of them.

Sickthings, you're wrong to say plants don't breathe; they don't breathe like we do, but they certainly do respire.
14:33 Sun 24th Jun 2007
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I meant that they do not breathe in a physical form that would enable us to determine if they are alive or dead.
16:05 Sun 24th Jun 2007

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