Phuteia denotes a plant portrayed as planted by the heavenly Father and liable to uprooting if not so planted.

The sole attested use presents a plant in a saying about what the heavenly Father has or has not planted and what will be uprooted.

1. A plant subject to planting or uprooting · dominant

   In Matthew 15:13, the nominative singular feminine form occurs in the statement contrasting a plant not planted by the heavenly Father with its being uprooted; the APB renders the clause, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted."

   Matthew 15:13

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Matthew 15:13, the APB presents the term within "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted." This wording confirms the verse's image rather than isolating a precise English equivalent.