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Meaning
Noun
●
In Botany:
An
organism
that is not an
animal
, especially an
organism
capable
of
photosynthesis
. Typically a small or
herbaceous
organism
of this kind,
rather than
a tree.
●
In Botany:
An
organism
of the
kingdom
Plantae; now
specifically
, a
living
organism
of the Embryophyta (land
plants
) or of the Chlorophyta (
green algae
), a
eukaryote
that includes double-membraned
chloroplasts
in its cells
containing
chlorophyll a
and
b
, or any
organism
closely
related to such an
organism
.
●
In Ecology:
Now
specifically
, a
multicellular
eukaryote
that includes
chloroplasts
in its cells, which have a cell wall.
●
Any
creature
that
grows on
soil
or
similar
surfaces
, including
plants
and fungi.
●
A
factory
or other
industrial
or
institutional
building
or facility.
●
An
object
placed
surreptitiously
in order to cause
suspicion
to
fall upon
a person.
●
Anyone
assigned
to
behave
as a
member of the public
during a
covert
operation
(
as in
a
police
investigation).
●
A person,
placed
amongst an
audience
, whose role is to cause
confusion
,
laughter
etc.
●
In Snooker:
A
play in
which the
cue ball
knocks
one (usually
red
)
ball
onto another, in order to
pot
the second; a set.
●
Machinery, such as the kind used in
earthmoving
or construction.
●
A
young
tree
; a
sapling
; hence, a
stick
or staff.
●
The
sole
of the foot.
●
A
plan
; a
swindle
; a trick.
●
An
oyster
which has been
bedded
, in
distinction
from one of natural growth.
●
In American English:
A
young
oyster
suitable
for transplanting.
●
The
combination
of process and actuator.
Verb
●
To place (a
seed
or
plant
) in
soil
or other
substrate
in order that
it may
live
and grow.
●
To place (an
object
, or sometimes a person), often with the
implication
of
intending
deceit.
●
To place or set something
firmly
or with conviction.
●
To place in the ground.
●
To
furnish
or supply with plants.
●
To
engender
; to
generate
; to set the
germ
of.
●
To
furnish
with a
fixed
and
organized
population
; to
settle
; to establish.
●
To
introduce
and
establish
the
principles
or
seeds
of.
●
To
set up
; to
install
; to instate.
Name
●
A surname.
●
An
unincorporated
community
in Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States.
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Wiktionary
Origin
plant
English
planta
Latin
planten
Middle English (1100-1500)
plantian
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
plantare
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Plant
Facility
Sow
Facilities
Implant
Related
Crop
Flower
Tree
Seed
Leaf
Soil
Farm
Seedling
Garden
Factory
Greenhouse
Shrub
Fruit
Harvest
Root
Seeds
Cell
Fertilize
Refinery
Grow
Grass
Organism
Pollinate
Fungus
Station
Reactor
Vegetable
Sprout
Cultivate
Herb
Unit
Compost
Water
Shoot
Germinate
Species
Fertilizer
Crops
Insect
Fish
Feed
Mulch
Building
Fungi
Cultivar
Leaves
Produce
Biomass
Vegetation
Manufacture
Project
Site
Device
Supply
Weed
Eat
Pesticide
Power Station
Fruit Tree
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Rhymes
Ant
Ant
Aunt
Pant
Rant
Cant
Bant
Vaunt
Grant
Slant
Daunt
Haunt
Brant
Jaunt
Taunt
Scant
Can'T
Ha'Nt
Grant
Gaunt
Plant
Trant
Chant
Brant
Decant
Levant
Recant
Flaunt
Shan'T
Extant
Gallant
Descant
Replant
Sha'N'T
Implant
Enchant
Supplant
Gallivant
Transplant
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