plantscraper means A tower used for indoor farming; a farmscraper. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.
Etymology
From plant + -scraper.
noun
- A tower used for indoor farming; a farmscraper.“Birds Eye and other food producers are investigating building 'plantscrapers', which could accommodate hundreds of storeys worth of crops, in a bid to make farming more economical, sustainable and meet increasing demand.”
- A tall residential building covered in plants.“You could be forgiven for imagining the striking towers of One Central Park on Sydney's Broadway, whose north and west facades are smothered with up to 40,000 indigenous plants, are a one-off exercise in urban environmentalism, designed for apartment dwellers with deep pockets. But the reality is that green-covered towers – plantscrapers – are springing up across the globe.”