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plant
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- pronunciation:
- plaent
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a living thing that has leaves, makes its own food, and has roots that usually grow in the earth.
I have many plants growing in my garden.
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| definition 2: |
a building that has machinery and equipment for making things; factory.
Nina works at the automobile plant.
- similar words:
- factory
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| related words: |
facility, mill |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
plants, planting, planted |
| definition: |
to put something into the ground to make it grow.
We planted a vegetable garden behind our house.
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| related words: |
bury, install, landscape, pitch, put |
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| derivation: |
plantlike (adj.) |
Word Builder: plant +
- plantings:
things that are planted.
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produced by plants |
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blossom, flower, fruit, seed |
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see/see also plant |
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flower, fruit, vegetable |
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some activities with plants |
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eat, garden, landscape, plant |
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some behaviors of plants |
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grow |
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some categories of plants |
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annual |
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some descriptions of plants |
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poisonous |
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some examples of plants |
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bush, cereal, fern, flower, grass, legume, moss, tree, weed |
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some growth stages of plants |
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seed |
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some parts of plants |
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boll, branch, cell, fruit, grain, leaf, root, stem |
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some people associated with plants |
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farmer |
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some places for plants |
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crop, forest, garden, greenhouse, nursery, vase |
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some things plants cause |
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allergy, rash |
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some things that affect plants |
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air, fertilizer, insects, irrigation, soil, water, weeds |
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some uses of plants |
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clothing, food, fuel, shelter |
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