Plant
Plants, also called green plants (Viridiplantae in Latin), are living organisms of the kingdom Plantae including such multicellular groups as flowering plants, conifers, ferns and mosses, as well as, depending on definition, the green algae, but not red or brown seaweeds like kelp, nor fungi or bacteria.
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... and Rhus radicans), is a poisonous North American plant that is well known for its production of urushiol, a clear liquid compound found within the sap of the plant that causes an itching ... The plant is not a true ivy (Hedera) ...
... in Hyderabad in India as Principal Plant Physiologist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics ... As a biochemist, Sheldrake researched the role of auxin, a plant hormone, in the cellular differentiation of a plant's vascular system ... May 2029, "given the genome of a fertilised egg of an animal or plant, we will be able to predict in at least one case all the details of the organism ...
... of foreign companies opening assembly plants in the area. 28, 2007, Volkswagen Group opened a new assembly plant in Kaluga, with further expansion plans planned to be completed by, or during, 2009 ... The plant currently assembles the Volkswagen Passat and Škoda Octavia ...
... (active), in reference to the process of a plant growing ... "vegetable" was first recorded in English in the 15th century, and originally applied to any plant ... of the term "vegetable" was specified to mean "plant cultivated for food, edible herb or root." The year 1955 noted the first use of the shortened, slang term "veggie" ...
... The Qinshan Nuclear Power Plant is a multi-unit nuclear plant under construction in Qinshan Town, Haiyan County, Zhejiang, the People's Republic of China ... majority of the units are mid-size, it may be surpassed by other plants in terms of generating capacity ... MW) Unit-1 only, but was the first domestically designed and constructed nuclear power plant in the nation (95 percent of components came from domestic ...
More definitions of "plant":
- (verb): Set up or lay the groundwork for.
Synonyms: establish, found, constitute, institute
- (noun): Buildings for carrying on industrial labor.
Example: "They built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
Synonyms: works, industrial plant
- (noun): An actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience.
- (verb): Put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground.
Example: "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
Synonyms: set
- (verb): Put firmly in the mind.
Example: "Plant a thought in the students' minds"
Synonyms: implant
- (verb): Place into a river.
Example: "Plant fish"
- (noun): Something planted secretly for discovery by another.
Example: "The police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant"
- (noun): A living organism lacking the power of locomotion.
Synonyms: flora, plant life
Famous quotes containing the word plant:
“The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant. We cannot train children along chicken wire to make them grow in the right direction. Tying them to stakes is frowned upon, even in Massachusetts.”
—Ellen Goodman (b. 1941)
““Now what I want is, Facts. Teach these boys and girls nothing but Facts. Facts alone are wanted in life. Plant nothing else, and root out everything else. You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of service to them.””
—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
“Evolution was in a strange mood when that creation came along.... It makes one wonder just where the plant world leaves off and the animal world begins.”
—John Colton (1886–1946)