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1. plants

   Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost the ability to produce normal amounts of chlorophyll or to photosynthesize, but still have flowers, fruits, and seeds. Plants are characterized by sexual reproduction and alternation of generations, although asexual reproduction is also common. There are about 320,000 known species of plants, of which the great majority, some 260,000–290,000, produce seeds. Green plants provide a substantial proportion of the world's molecular oxygen, and are the basis of most of Earth's ecosystems. Plants that produce grain, fruit, and vegetables also form basic human foods and have been domesticated for millennia. Plants have many cultural and other uses, as ornaments, building materials, writing material and, in great variety, they have been the source of medicines and psychoactive drugs. The scientific study of plants is known as botany, a branch of biology.

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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

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

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   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. Samson Mokoena:

   So many people here already have upper respiratory diseases because of the pollution. We get itchy eyes, running noses, asthma. All because of the petrochemical plants and oil refineries and coal stations around here haven't bothered to meet restrictions.

2. Craig Clements:

   April 1 is usually the time of year we have the highest fuel moisture content, and this year they are still dormant because lack of rain, they are stressed and there's no new growth. The plants aren't responding because of the lack of moisture.

3. Hidetoshi Shioda:

   Refiners have to launch projects quickly to take advantage of power market reform, and the quicker, the better, the pace of investments is accelerating from last year, and will probably peak this year amid the shutdowns of nuclear plants.

4. Katherine Zeratsky:

   Overall, the concern is that these vitamins, amino acids and herbals are often in higher concentrations than naturally in food or plants, and the effects when combined especially with caffeine may be enhanced.

5. Andrea Zaccardi:

   I don't have any faith that Montana, right now at least, can responsibly manage Endangered Threatened Wildlife and Plants and especially predators such as grizzly bears.

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