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   plant

   /plɑːnt/

   noun

   • 1. 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 herbflowervegetableshrubweedgreeneryfloravegetationundergrowthrare:herbageverdure
   • ▪ a small plant, as distinct from a shrub or tree: "garden plants"
   • 2. a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place: "a giant car plant" Similar factoryworksfoundrymillworkshopshopyardindustrial unitbusiness unit
   • ▪ machinery used in an industrial or manufacturing process: "inadequate investment in new plant" Similar machinerymachinesequipmentapparatusappliancesgear
   • 3. a person placed in a group as a spy or informer: "we thought he was a CIA plant spreading disinformation" Similar spyinformantinformerundercover agentsecret agentagentmoleinfiltratoroperativeinformal:spook
   • ▪ a thing put among someone's belongings to incriminate or compromise them.
   • 4. 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.

   verb

   • 1. put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow: "we planted a lot of fruit trees" Similar sowscatterseedput in the groundbed outset outtransplant
   • ▪ cover or supply (an area of land) with plants: "the garden is planted with herbs"
   • ▪ place a plant in the ground out of doors so it can grow, especially after growing it from seed in an indoor environment: "the foxgloves are grown from seed and planted out in the autumn"
   • ▪ bury (someone): informal "it was raining when we planted him"
   • 2. set or place in a particular position: "he planted himself squarely in front of her" Similar putplacesetpositionstationsituatesettlestickfixinformal:plonk
   • ▪ establish (an idea) in someone's mind: "the seed of doubt is planted in his mind" Similar insertimpressimprintinstilputplaceimplantintroducesow the seeds offixestablishembedrootlodge
   • ▪ secretly place (a bomb that is set to go off at a later time): "several incendiary devices were planted in stores"
   • ▪ put or hide (something) among someone's belongings to compromise or incriminate the owner: "they maintained that the drugs had been planted on them" Similar hideplace secretlyconcealsecrete
   • ▪ send (someone) to join a group or organization to act as a spy or informer: "he managed to plant an agent in his war council"
   • ▪ found or establish (a colony, city, or community): "he was commissioned to plant the order in England"
   • ▪ deposit (young fish, spawn, oysters, etc.) in a river or lake.

   Word Origin Old Englishplante ‘seedling’, plantian (verb), from Latin planta ‘sprout, cutting’ (later influenced by French plante) and plantare ‘plant, fix in a place’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. plantable adjective
   • 2. plantlet noun
   • 3. plantlike adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

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