Definitions for plant
plænt, plɑntplant

Princeton's WordNet(3.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plant, works, industrial plant(noun)

   buildings for carrying on industrial labor

   "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"

2. plant, flora, plant life(noun)

   (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion

3. plant(noun)

   an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience

4. plant(verb)

   something planted secretly for discovery by another

   "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant"

5. plant, set(verb)

   put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground

   "Let's plant flowers in the garden"

6. implant, engraft, embed, imbed, plant(verb)

   fix or set securely or deeply

   "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"

7. establish, found, plant, constitute, institute(verb)

   set up or lay the groundwork for

   "establish a new department"

8. plant(verb)

   place into a river

   "plant fish"

9. plant(verb)

   place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive

   "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"

10. plant, implant(verb)

    put firmly in the mind

    "Plant a thought in the students' minds"

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Plant(noun)

   a vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule

   Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

2. Plant(noun)

   a bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff

   Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

3. Plant(noun)

   the sole of the foot

   Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

4. Plant(noun)

   the whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad

   Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

5. Plant(noun)

   a plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick

   Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

6. Plant(noun)

   an oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth

   Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

7. Plant(noun)

   a young oyster suitable for transplanting

   Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

8. Plant(noun)

   to put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize

   Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

9. Plant(noun)

   to set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots

   Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

10. Plant(noun)

    to furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest

    Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

11. Plant(noun)

    to engender; to generate; to set the germ of

    Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

12. Plant(noun)

    to furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish; as, to plant a colony

    Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

13. Plant(noun)

    to introduce and establish the principles or seeds of; as, to plant Christianity among the heathen

    Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

14. Plant(noun)

    to set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face

    Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

15. Plant(noun)

    to set up; to install; to instate

    Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

16. Plant(verb)

    to perform the act of planting

    Etymology: [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.]

Freebase(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Plant

   Plants, also called green plants, are living organisms of the kingdom Plantae including such multicellular groups as flowering plants, conifers, ferns and mosses, as well as, depending on definition, the green algae, but not red or brown seaweeds like kelp, nor fungi or bacteria. Green plants have cell walls with cellulose and characteristically obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis using chlorophyll contained in chloroplasts, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic and have lost the ability to produce normal amounts of chlorophyll or to photosynthesize. Plants are also characterized by sexual reproduction, modular and indeterminate growth, and an alternation of generations, although asexual reproduction is common, and some plants bloom only once while others bear only one bloom. Precise numbers are difficult to determine, but as of 2010, there are thought to be 300–315 thousand species of plants, of which the great majority, some 260–290 thousand, are seed plants. Green plants provide most of the world's molecular oxygen and are the basis of most of the earth's ecologies, especially on land. Plants described as grains, fruits and vegetables form mankind's basic foodstuffs, and have been domesticated for millennia. Plants serve as ornaments and, until recently and in great variety, they have served as the source of most medicines and drugs. Their scientific study is known as botany.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Plant

   plant, n. a something living and growing, fixed on the ground and drawing food therefrom by means of its root, and developing into a stem, leaves, and seed: a sprout: any vegetable production: the tools or material of any trade or business: (slang) a trick, dodge, hidden plunder.—v.t. to put into the ground for growth: to furnish with plants: to set in the mind, implant: to establish.—v.i. to set shoots in the ground.—adj. Plant′able.—ns. Plant′age (Shak.), plants in general, or the vegetable kingdom; Plantā′tion, a place planted: a wood or grove: (U.S.) a large estate: a colony: act or process of introduction: (Milt.) the act of planting; Plant′er, one who plants or introduces: the owner of a plantation; Plant′-house, a garden structure designed for the protection and cultivation of the plants of warmer climates than our own; Plant′icle, a young plant; Plant′ing, the act of setting in the ground for growth: the art of forming plantations of trees: a plantation.—adj. Plant′less, destitute of vegetation.—ns. Plant′let, a little plant; Plant′-louse, a small homopterous insect which infests plants; Plant′ule, the embryo of a plant. [A.S. plante (Fr. plante)—L. planta, a shoot, a plant.]

The Standard Electrical Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Plant

   The apparatus for commercial manufacturing or technical works. An electric lighting plant includes the boilers, engines and dynamos for producing the current, and the electric mains and subsidiary apparatus.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plant

   A stock of tools, &c. Also, the fixtures, machinery, &c., required to carry on a business.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. plant

   A type of facility with the accurate and specific tools, equipment, machinery, technology, management, employees and space to provide a specific type of commodities, goods, products or services.

   There are a variety of plants in countries e.g. recycling plants, steel plants, etc.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 17, 2020  

2. plant

   Is a variety of living organisms with the ability to produce.

   Plants are created in a variety of colors with a purpose, many can produce food we can eat.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 27, 2015  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1380

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plant' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2196

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plant' in Nouns Frequency: #278

4. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plant' in Verbs Frequency: #610

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plant in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of plant in a Sentence

1. Sipho P Nkosi:

   Plant the seed of love and water it with respect.

2. Diane Frolov:

   What is it about genus arboretum that socks us in the figurative solar plexus We see a logging truck go cruising down the road, stacked with a bunch of those fresh-cut giants, we feel like we lost a brother. Next thing you know, we're in The Brick, we're flopping money down on the bar. Wood. We're under a roof. Wood. We're walking the floors. Wood. Grabbing a pool cue. That's wood. Our friends in the forest carry a set of luggage from the mythical baggage carousel. Tree of life, tree of knowledge, family tree, Buddha's Bodhi tree. Page one of life, in the beginning. Genesis 322. Adam and Eve. They're kicking back in the garden of Eden and boom, they get an eviction notice. Why is that Lest they should also take of the tree of life, eat and live forever. A definitive Yahweh no-no. Be good to yourself, go out and plant a wet one on a tree.

3. Fiat Chrysler spokeswoman Jodi Tinson:

   He was apprehended by plant personnel and disarmed and the police took him into custody and fortunately no one was … harmed and no shots were fired.

4. John F. Kennedy:

   The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardener objected that the tree was slow growing and would not reach maturity for 100 years. The Marshall replied, 'In that case, there is no time to lose plant it this afternoon'

5. Dona Graas:

   In the future when I pass away ... that memory I tried to leave for the people is: Its worth it to plant, to build.

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