plant
plant
- n buildings for carrying on industrial labor
they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles - n (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
- n an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
- n something planted secretly for discovery by another
the police used a plant to trick the thieves
he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant - v put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
Let's plant flowers in the garden - v fix or set securely or deeply
He planted a knee in the back of his opponent
The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum - v set up or lay the groundwork for
- v place into a river
plant fish - v place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
plant bugs in the dissident's apartment - v put firmly in the mind
- Botanists realized again last week that "century plant" is a complete misnomer for the American aloe (Agave americana).
- General Motors' Lordstown, Ohio, plant is a hub of superlatives.
- Ethnobotanist Paul Alan Cox studies a plant in the Samoan rain forest, where, since his mother died of cancer in 1984, he has devoted his career to finding a cure for the disease.