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How to pronounce plant
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What does plant mean?
nounAn organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
“The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.”
An organism of the kingdom Plantae, and now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplast
Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
verbTo place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
To furnish or supply with plants.
“to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest”
To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
“That gun’s not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!”
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