Definitions for plants
plants

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1. Plants

   Multicellular, eukaryotic life forms of the kingdom Plantae. They are characterized by a mainly photosynthetic mode of nutrition; essentially unlimited growth at localized regions of cell divisions (MERISTEMS); cellulose within cells providing rigidity; the absence of organs of locomotion; absence of nervous and sensory systems; and an alteration of haploid and diploid generations.

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1. plantsnoun

   Plural noun and verb form of the word plant.

   My mother has a number of plants.

   Submitted by MaryC on December 9, 2015  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plants' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1411

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plants' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2724

How to pronounce plants?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plants in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plants in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of plants in a Sentence

1. Corrie Moreau:

   As insects are critical for any ecosystem the loss of any one species has ripple effects through the community, as we can see from these examples above the interconnectedness of species from mutualists to food plants to habitat requirements can have huge impacts on the survival of a species. To be honest without insects our planet would become inhospitable to humans within a matter of months. We need insects even if we don't always realize it.

2. Margaret Fuller:

   There are two modes of criticism. One which crushes to earth without mercy all the humble buds of Phantasy, all the plants that, though green and fruitful, are also a prey to insects or have suffered by drought. It weeds well the garden, and cannot believe the weed in its native soil may be a pretty, graceful plant. There is another mode which enters into the natural history of every thing that breathes and lives, which believes no impulse to be entirely in vain, which scrutinizes circumstances, motive and object before it condemns, and believes there is a beauty in natural form, if its law and purpose be understood.

3. Siskiyou County Sheriff Jeremiah LaRue:

   The amount of water that is being stolen to water those( marijuana) plants has a huge impact on our local aquifers.

4. Claudio Salles:

   The goal of 2019 will be very hard to meet. And the other plants, who knows? these plants take 10-15 years to build and as time goes on they become less viable.

5. John Sparr:

   The drop in coal market stock is directly related to the promise that Obama made to his environmental extremist supporters – ‘ you can build coal fired power plants, but we will shut them down, ’.

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