Plant
noun
A living thing that grows in earth, has leaves, stems and roots, and needs light and water to survive.
I watered the plants in my garden this morning.
Often appears as...
- house plant
- potted plant
noun
A factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place.
The new car manufacturing plant will create hundreds of jobs.
Often appears as...
- power plant
- manufacturing plant
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To put a seed or plant in the ground so that it will grow.
They have planted over 1000 trees in the park.
Often appears as...
- plant seeds
- plant trees
verb
To place or fix something firmly somewhere.
She planted a kiss on his cheek.
Often appears as...
- plant a kiss
- plant a bomb
verb
To place (something covertly) so as to deceive.
Evidence was planted at the crime scene.
Often appears as...
- plant evidence
- plant drugs
noun
A living thing that grows in earth, has leaves, stems and roots, and needs light and water to survive.
I watered the plants in my garden this morning.
Often appears as...
- house plant
- potted plant
noun
A factory or place where power is produced or an industrial process takes place.
The new car manufacturing plant will create hundreds of jobs.
Often appears as...
- power plant
- manufacturing plant
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To put a seed or plant in the ground so that it will grow.
They have planted over 1000 trees in the park.
Often appears as...
- plant seeds
- plant trees
verb
To place or fix something firmly somewhere.
She planted a kiss on his cheek.
Often appears as...
- plant a kiss
- plant a bomb
verb
To place (something covertly) so as to deceive.
Evidence was planted at the crime scene.
Often appears as...
- plant evidence
- plant drugs
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Pro Tip 1/2Living Organisms
Plants are commonly talked about in biology, nature activities, and gardening discussions.
The biology class examined how plants photosynthesize.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Flowers
'Plant' refers to more than just flowers; it includes trees, shrubs, and grasses too.
Every type of plant contributes to our ecosystem's balance.
Pro Tip 1/2Living Organisms
Plants are commonly talked about in biology, nature activities, and gardening discussions.
The biology class examined how plants photosynthesize.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Flowers
'Plant' refers to more than just flowers; it includes trees, shrubs, and grasses too.
Every type of plant contributes to our ecosystem's balance.
Pro Tip 1/2Living Organisms
Plants are commonly talked about in biology, nature activities, and gardening discussions.
The biology class examined how plants photosynthesize.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Just Flowers
'Plant' refers to more than just flowers; it includes trees, shrubs, and grasses too.
Every type of plant contributes to our ecosystem's balance.
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The loathsome, lethal...
for lots of organisms, like frogs and fish and birds. Without them, plants would lose a pollinator. But some scientists say that mosquitos aren't actually all that important. If we got rid of them, they argue, another species would simply take their place and we'd probably have far fewer deaths from malaria.
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How to build a fictional...
What do they eat and how do they play? How do they treat their young and their old? What relationships do they have with the animals and plants of the world? And what do those animals and plants look like? What kind of technology exists? Transportation? Communication? Access to information?
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The amazing ways plants...
and highly impermeable to pathogens. Leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle that deters insects and microbes. Some plants go a step further with painful structures to warn would-be predators. Thorns, spines, and prickles discourage bigger herbivores.
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How bees help plants...
dutifully helping lonely plants have sex, aren't alone. But rather are part of a very complex network of matchmaking creatures, critical for the pollination of natural ecosystems and crops. Plants in many natural ecosystems need help to have sex.
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What makes muscles grow?...
so your brain appeals to other muscles for help. You plant your feet, tighten your belly, and tense your back, generating enough force to yank it open. Your nervous system has just leveraged the resources you already have, other muscles,
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How to rebuild the world...
most important plants have been these the cereal crops and in particular the first three he's gone backwards not forwards let's try that again I mean these the cereal crops and in particular the first three wheat rice and maize
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How does caffeine keep...
It's the world most widely used drug. So how does it keep us awake? Caffeine evolved in plants where it serves a few purposes. In high doses, as it's found in the leaves and seeds of certain species, it's toxic to insects.
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The Call of the Land:...
basic neskowin so I felt like maybe I could help humanity and plants and the ecosystems by applying my biology degree to farming after that it was pretty much no turning back straight chamber night
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
Breeders have also used other types of genetic techniques, such as random mutagenesis, which induces uncharacterized mutations into the plants.
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ONE HOUR of Amazing...
plants and animals flourish there all food for a mudskipper but life on land is not without problems it's hard work to find a mate
Video examples
The loathsome, lethal...
for lots of organisms, like frogs and fish and birds. Without them, plants would lose a pollinator. But some scientists say that mosquitos aren't actually all that important. If we got rid of them, they argue, another species would simply take their place and we'd probably have far fewer deaths from malaria.
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
What do they eat and how do they play? How do they treat their young and their old? What relationships do they have with the animals and plants of the world? And what do those animals and plants look like? What kind of technology exists? Transportation? Communication? Access to information?
Video examples
The amazing ways plants...
and highly impermeable to pathogens. Leaves are protected by a waxy cuticle that deters insects and microbes. Some plants go a step further with painful structures to warn would-be predators. Thorns, spines, and prickles discourage bigger herbivores.
Video examples
How bees help plants...
dutifully helping lonely plants have sex, aren't alone. But rather are part of a very complex network of matchmaking creatures, critical for the pollination of natural ecosystems and crops. Plants in many natural ecosystems need help to have sex.
Video examples
What makes muscles grow?...
so your brain appeals to other muscles for help. You plant your feet, tighten your belly, and tense your back, generating enough force to yank it open. Your nervous system has just leveraged the resources you already have, other muscles,
Video examples
How to rebuild the world...
most important plants have been these the cereal crops and in particular the first three he's gone backwards not forwards let's try that again I mean these the cereal crops and in particular the first three wheat rice and maize
Video examples
How does caffeine keep...
It's the world most widely used drug. So how does it keep us awake? Caffeine evolved in plants where it serves a few purposes. In high doses, as it's found in the leaves and seeds of certain species, it's toxic to insects.
Video examples
The Call of the Land:...
basic neskowin so I felt like maybe I could help humanity and plants and the ecosystems by applying my biology degree to farming after that it was pretty much no turning back straight chamber night
Video examples
Pamela Ronald: The case...
Breeders have also used other types of genetic techniques, such as random mutagenesis, which induces uncharacterized mutations into the plants.
Video examples
ONE HOUR of Amazing...
plants and animals flourish there all food for a mudskipper but life on land is not without problems it's hard work to find a mate
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Emma Bull
American Writer
They don't know how the world is shaped. And so they give it a shape, and try to make everything fit it. They separate the right from the left, the man from the woman, the plant from the animal, the sun from the moon. They only want to count to two.
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Tom Hanks
American Actor
There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.
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Jim Rohn
American Businessman
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
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Napoleon Hill
American Author
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
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George Monbiot
British Writer
As a child and young adult, I delighted in being able to identify almost any wild plant or animal.
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Martin Luther
German Leader
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
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Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
I'm not green-fingered, I'm grey-fingered. I suck the life out of plants.
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Katharine Lee Bates
American Author
Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.
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Douglas Wilson
American Entertainer
Use plants to bring life.
Quote examples
Emma Bull
American Writer
They don't know how the world is shaped. And so they give it a shape, and try to make everything fit it. They separate the right from the left, the man from the woman, the plant from the animal, the sun from the moon. They only want to count to two.
Quote examples
Tom Hanks
American Actor
There is something basic about protecting land by taking it off the market. People should be able to enjoy where they live while at the same time protect the plants and animals around them.
Quote examples
Jim Rohn
American Businessman
Some people plant in the spring and leave in the summer. If you're signed up for a season, see it through. You don't have to stay forever, but at least stay until you see it through.
Quote examples
Napoleon Hill
American Author
Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
Quote examples
George Monbiot
British Writer
As a child and young adult, I delighted in being able to identify almost any wild plant or animal.
Quote examples
Martin Luther
German Leader
Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.
Quote examples
Thomas Merton
American Author
Every moment and every event of every man's life on earth plants something in his soul.
Quote examples
Natasia Demetriou
English Comedian
I'm not green-fingered, I'm grey-fingered. I suck the life out of plants.
Quote examples
Katharine Lee Bates
American Author
Love planted a rose, and the world turned sweet.
Quote examples
Douglas Wilson
American Entertainer
Use plants to bring life.
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