plant
noun
[ plɑːnt ]
• a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.
Similar:
herb,
flower,
vegetable,
shrub,
weed,
greenery,
flora,
vegetation,
undergrowth,
herbage,
verdure,
• a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place.
• "a giant car plant"
• a person placed in a group as a spy or informer.
• "we thought he was a CIA plant spreading disinformation"
Similar:
spy,
informant,
informer,
undercover agent,
secret agent,
agent,
mole,
infiltrator,
operative,
spook,
• a shot in which the cue ball is made to strike one of two touching or nearly touching balls with the result that the second is potted.
plant
verb
• put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.
• "we planted a lot of fruit trees"
• set or place in a particular position.
• "he planted himself squarely in front of her"
Similar:
put,
place,
set,
position,
station,
situate,
settle,
stick,
fix,
plonk,
Origin:
Old English plante ‘seedling’, plantian (verb), from Latin planta ‘sprout, cutting’ (later influenced by French plante ) and plantare ‘plant, fix in a place’.
