plant
/plant/
noun
- a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.synonyms: herb, flower, vegetable, shrub, weed, greenery, flora, vegetation, undergrowth, herbage, verdure
- a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place."the company has 30 plants in Mexico"synonyms: factory, works, foundry, mill, workshop, shop, yard, industrial unit, business unit
- a person placed in a group as a spy or informer."we thought he was a CIA plant spreading disinformation"synonyms: spy, informant, informer, undercover agent, secret agent, agent, mole, infiltrator, operative, spook
verb
- place (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow."we planted a lot of fruit trees"synonyms: sow, scatter, seed, put in the ground, bed out, set out, transplant
- place or fix in a specified position."she planted a kiss on his cheek"synonyms: put, place, set, position, station, situate, settle, stick, fix, plonk
The PLANTS Database provides standardized information about the vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, hornworts, and lichens of the U.S. and its territories.
Plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria to produce sugars from carbon... Wikipedia
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Synonyms for PLANT: factory, mill, shop, works, workshop, manufactory, workplace, studio; Antonyms of PLANT: gather, harvest, reap, close (down), shut (up), ...
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a living thing that usually produces seeds and typically has a stem, leaves, roots, and sometimes flowers: We brought a house ...