Meaning of plant | Babel Free

Definitions

1. plant (an organism of the kingdom Plantae)
2. A surname:
   countable, uncountable
3. A surname from English.
   countable, uncountable
4. 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.
5. plant (factory)
6. A surname from French.
   countable, uncountable
7. Any of a wide variety of multicellular organisms, most of which manufacture their own food by means of photosynthesis. Plants have cells with cell walls made of cellulose, cannot move about under their own power, and have no nervous system. They range in size from a few millimeters to trees that stand over 300 feet (91.4 meters) tall. Plants are grouped as a separate kingdom in taxonomy.
8. 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.
9. floor, level (of a high building)
10. A surname, variant of Plante.
    countable, uncountable
11. A building or complex in which an industry is located:factory, mill, work (used in plural).
12. Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
13. sole
14. An unincorporated community in Van Buren County, Arkansas, United States.
    countable, uncountable
15. the owner of a plantation for growing tea, rubber etc. a tea-planter. planter صاحِب المَعْمَل أو المَزْرَعَه плантатор plantador plantážník, -ice der Plantagenbesitzer plantageejer; -plantageejer ιδιοκτήτης φυτείας, καλλιεργητήςhacendado istanduseomanik مالک کشتزار istuttaja planteur/-euse בַּעַל מַטָעִים बागान मालिक vlasnik plantaže ültetvényes pemilik perkebunan plantekrueigandi piantatore, coltivatore 農園主 농장주 plantatorius plantators pemilik ladang planterplantasjeeier plantator د بڼ څښتن p...
    etc
16. Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
    proscribed
17. sole (bottom of a shoe or boot)
18. planta;medicinal ___ → ___, yerba medicinal.
19. A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
    countable
20. Botany a. Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically containing chloroplasts, having cell walls made of cellulose, producing embryos, and lacking the power of locomotion. Plants include trees, bushes, herbs, ferns, mosses, and certain green algae.
    Botany
21. Machinery and other supplies and equipment, such as the kind used in heavy industry, light industry, earthmoving, or construction.
    uncountable
22. An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
23. A building or group of buildings for the manufacture of a product; a factory: works in an auto plant.
24. A stash or cache of hidden goods.
    obsolete, slang
25. A person or thing put into place in order to mislead or function secretly, especially:a. A person placed in a group of spectators to influence behavior.
26. Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
27. Slang A scheming trick; a swindle.
    Slang
28. A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
29. To place or set (seeds, for example) in the ground to grow.
30. A play in which the cue ball knocks one (usually red) ball onto another, in order to pot the second; a set.
31. To place (spawn or young fish) in water or an underwater bed for cultivation: plant oysters.
32. A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
    obsolete
33. The sole of the foot.
    obsolete
34. A plan; a swindle; a trick.
    dated, slang
35. An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth.
36. A young oyster suitable for transplanting.
    US, dialectal
37. A system, such as a motor, whose behaviour is being regulated or controlled by a control system.
38. A position in the street to sell from; a pitch.
    UK, obsolete, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.”

“In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual. Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.”

“Some plants, such as mushrooms found in the wild, are difficult to identify. Some plants are poisonous, and an inexperienced individual may make mistakes in identification of wild plants, with tragic results.”

“The company has production plants in three countries.”

“My dad worked at the plant for 27 years.”

“The US group does have another vaccine plant in Ireland – in Carlow – but it is understood the Dundalk site is the only live virus vaccine facility in MSD’s Irish network.”

“Near-synonym: capital equipment”

“industrial plant”

“refrigeration plant”

“A massive amount of plant has been trucked in and installed over the past two years, and production is expected to begin soon.”

“That gun’s not mine! It’s a plant! I’ve never seen it before!”

“O’Sullivan risked a plant that went badly astray, splitting the reds.”

“The company's product range includes tools, construction plant, diggers, dumpers and rollers.”

“Take, Shepherd, take a Plant of ſtubborn Oak; / And labour him with many a ſturdy ſtroke: / Or with hard Stones, demoliſh from afar / His haughty Creſt, the feat of all the War.”

“Knotty legs, and plants of clay, / Seek for eaſe, or love delay.”

“It wasn’t a bad plant that of mine, on Fikey, the man accused of forging the Sou’ Westeru Railway debentures—it was only t’ other day—because the reason why? I’ll tell you.”

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