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3 dictionary results for: plants
American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
plant     (plānt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Botany
    1. Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion.
    2. A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb.
    3. A building or group of buildings for the manufacture of a product; a factory.
    4. The equipment, including machinery, tools, instruments, and fixtures and the buildings containing them, necessary for an industrial or manufacturing operation.
    5. A person placed in a group of spectators to influence behavior.
    6. A person stationed in a given location as a spy or observer.
    7. A misleading piece of evidence placed so as to be discovered.
    8. A remark or action in a play or narrative that becomes important later.
    1. A building or group of buildings for the manufacture of a product; a factory.
    2. The equipment, including machinery, tools, instruments, and fixtures and the buildings containing them, necessary for an industrial or manufacturing operation.
    3. A person placed in a group of spectators to influence behavior.
    4. A person stationed in a given location as a spy or observer.
    5. A misleading piece of evidence placed so as to be discovered.
    6. A remark or action in a play or narrative that becomes important later.
  3. The buildings, equipment, and fixtures of an institution: the entire plant of a university.
  4. A person or thing put into place in order to mislead or function secretly, especially:
    1. A person placed in a group of spectators to influence behavior.
    2. A person stationed in a given location as a spy or observer.
    3. A misleading piece of evidence placed so as to be discovered.
    4. A remark or action in a play or narrative that becomes important later.
  5. Slang A scheming trick; a swindle.
tr.v.   plant·ed, plant·ing, plants
    1. To place or set (seeds, for example) in the ground to grow.
    2. To place seeds or young plants in (land); sow: plant a field in corn.
    3. To place (spawn or young fish) in water or an underwater bed for cultivation: plant oysters.
    4. To stock with spawn or fish.
    5. To station (a person) for the purpose of functioning in secret, as by observing, spying, or influencing behavior: Detectives were planted all over the store.
    6. To place secretly or deceptively so as to be discovered or made public: planted a gun on the corpse to make the death look like suicide.
    1. To place (spawn or young fish) in water or an underwater bed for cultivation: plant oysters.
    2. To stock with spawn or fish.
    3. To station (a person) for the purpose of functioning in secret, as by observing, spying, or influencing behavior: Detectives were planted all over the store.
    4. To place secretly or deceptively so as to be discovered or made public: planted a gun on the corpse to make the death look like suicide.
  3. To introduce (an animal) into an area.
  4. To set firmly in position; fix: planted both feet on the ground.
  5. To establish; found: plant a colony.
  6. To fix firmly in the mind; implant: "The right of revolution is planted in the heart of man" (Clarence Darrow).
    1. To station (a person) for the purpose of functioning in secret, as by observing, spying, or influencing behavior: Detectives were planted all over the store.
    2. To place secretly or deceptively so as to be discovered or made public: planted a gun on the corpse to make the death look like suicide.
  8. To conceal; hide: planted the stolen goods in the warehouse.
  9. Slang To deliver (a blow or punch).

[Middle English plante, from Old English and Old French, both from Latin planta, sprout, seedling; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]
plant'a·ble adj.
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plant   (plānt)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of a wide variety of multicellular eukaryotic organisms, belonging to the kingdom Plantae and including the bryophytes and vascular plants. Plant cells have cell walls made of cellulose. Except for a few specialized symbionts, plants have chlorophyll and manufacture their own food through photosynthesis. Most plants grow in a fixed location and reproduce sexually, showing an alternation of generations between a diploid stage (with each cell having two sets of chromosomes) and haploid stage (with each cell having one set of chromosomes) in their life cycle. The first fossil plants date from the Silurian period. Formerly the algae, slime molds, dinoflagellates, and fungi, among other groups, were classified as plants, but now these are considered to belong to other kingdoms. See Table at taxonomy.

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["The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants", Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz, Aristid Lindenmayer. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1990. 3-54097297-8].

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