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plant Definition

plant (plant, plänt)

noun

  1. any of a kingdom (Plantae) of eukaryotes generally characterized by the ability to carry on photosynthesis in its cells which contain chloroplasts and have cellulose in the cell wall, including all thallophytes and embryophytes
  2. a young tree, shrub, or herb, ready to put into other soil for growth to maturity; a slip, cutting, or set
  3. an herb, as distinguished from a tree or shrub
  4. the tools, machinery, buildings, grounds, etc. of a factory or business
  5. the equipment, buildings, etc. of any institution, as a hospital, school, etc.
  6. the apparatus or equipment for some particular mechanical operation or process the power plant of a ship
  7. Slang a person placed, or thing planned or used, to trick, mislead, or trap

Etymology: ME plante < OE < L planta, sprout, twig, prob. back-form. < plantare, to smooth the soil for planting < planta, sole of the foot < IE *plat-, var. of base *pla-, broad, flat > plain

transitive verb

    1. to put into soil, esp. into the ground, to grow
    2. to set plants in (a piece of ground)
  2. to set firmly as into the ground; fix in position
  3. to fix in the mind; implant (an idea, etc.)
  4. to settle (a colony, colonists, etc.); found; establish
  5. to furnish or stock with animals
  6. ☆ to put a stock of (oysters, young fish, etc.) in a body of water
  7. Slang to deliver (a punch, blow, etc.) with force
  8. Slang
    1. to place (a person or thing) in such a way as to trick, trap, etc.
    2. to place (an ostensible news item) in a newspaper, etc. with some ulterior motive, as in order to mold public opinion
  9. Slang
    1. to hide or conceal
    2. to place (something) surreptitiously where it is certain to be found or discovered

Etymology: ME planten < OE plantian & OFr planter, both < L plantare < the n.

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plant Synonyms

plant

n.

  1. Vegetable

    shrub, weed, corn, bush, slip, shoot, cutting, sprout, seedling, plantlet; see also bulb, cactus, flower 1.

  2. Factory

    shop, mill, manufactory; see factory.

plant Synonyms

plant

v.

put in the ground, sow, set, set out, pot, start, transplant, seed, stock, colonize, settle, establish, locate, be in; see also farm.

plant Finance Definition
An asset category that describes certain fixed assets listed on a company’s balance sheet, such as buildings, manufacturing facilities, and offices. See also fixed asset.
plant Usage Examples

Object

  • tree: Read more | Edinburgh Out & About The Man who planted trees.
  • seed: But slowly the man began to clear the weeds, till the soil and plant the seeds.
  • bulb: JUNE December 2005 With the last of the bulbs planted, the garden takes on a quiet feel.

Converse of object

  • reprocess: The reprocessing plant was apparently operating, whilst the delegation were there.
  • grow: We have four of them next to the veg plots and we use them to grow tender plants or to extend the growing season.
  • cultivate: Each time, he sprayed the sunflower crossbreeds and backcrossed the most robust specimens with the original cultivated parent plants.

Adjective modifier

  • flowering: Subjects: flowering plants, plant data, plant images.
  • transgenic: Defective viral DNA ameliorates symptoms of geminivirus infection in transgenic plants.
  • medicinal: Aston, B.C. ( 1923 ) The poisonous, suspected and medicinal plants of New Zealand.
  • nuclear: The UK government should seek to support replacement of Magnox by new nuclear plant.
  • wild: The areas surrounding the water have been allowed to develop naturally with trees, shrubbery and wild plants.
  • herbaceous: This time of year is a perfect time to be lifting and splitting herbaceous plants before they put on too much vegetative growth.

Modifies a noun

  • specie: Its two giant domes in a disused quarry house exotic plant species from around the world.
  • breeding: It was agreed, for the comments on Chapter 4 of the First Report ( How reliable is GM plant breeding?
  • pathology: Poster Gallery This shows some poster displays of plant pathology topics shown at scientific meetings in recent years.
  • breeder: Unlike patents, there's no expiration date, no exemption for plant breeders, and no need for lawyers.

Noun used with modifier

  • manufacturing: Honda were losing over 1,000 workers from their manufacturing plant in Yokohama.
  • power: Power plants range from 49cc 2 stroke, to 110cc four stroke engines.
  • sewage: At Newton Abbott, a recent contract called for the removal of a pen stock wall in a sewage treatment plant.
  • processing: These were intended to put in place the key components of seed supply such as processing plants, stores and quality control facilities.
plant Quotes

In sculpture, did ever anybody call the Apollo a fancy piece? Or say of the Laocoo«  n how it might be made different? A masterpiece of art has in the mind a fixed place in the chain of being, as much as a plant or a crystal.

—Emerson, RalphWaldo

Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil.

—Milton,John

Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the L revealed? For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely hehath borne ourgriefs, and carried our sorrows.

—Bible (Old Testament)

If my IQ had beentwo points lower,I'd have beena plant somewhere.

—Trevino, Lee Buck

The vanity of translation; it were as wise to cast a violet into a crucible that you might discover the formal principle of its colour and odour, as seek to transfuse from one language to another the creations of a poet. 786 The plant must spring again from its seed, or it will bear no flower.

—Shelley, Percy Bysshe

If you plant where savages are, do not only entertain them with trifles and jingles, but use them justly and graciously.

—Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans

A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew. 785

—Shelley, Percy Bysshe

O que trois et quatre fois heureux sont ceux qui plantent choux! Oh, those who plant cabbages are three and four times happier than the rest of us!

—Rabelais, Fran c° ois

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: Atimeto be born, and atimeto die; atimetoplant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; Atimetoweep, and atimeto laugh; atimetomourn, and a time to dance: A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

—Bible (Old Testament)