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plant
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Meanings
noun
  • 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.
  • a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place.
    E.g. a giant car plant
  • a person placed in a group as a spy or informer.
    E.g. we thought he was a CIA plant spreading disinformation
  • 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
  • put (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.
    E.g. we planted a lot of fruit trees
  • set or place in a particular position.
    E.g. he planted himself squarely in front of her

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