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/plænt/ · noun
(botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree..
The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.
In plants, the ability to recognize self from nonself plays an important role in fertilization, because self-fertilization will result in less diverse offspring than fertilization with pollen from another individual. Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction.
Some plants, such as mushrooms found in the wild, are difficult to identify. Some plants are poisonous, and an inexperienced individual may make mistakes in identification of wild plants, with tragic results.
The company has production plants in three countries.
My dad worked at the plant for 27 years.
The US group does have another vaccine plant in Ireland – in Carlow – but it is understood the Dundalk site is the only live virus vaccine facility in MSD’s Irish network.
Near-synonym: capital equipment
industrial plant
Use plant when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Plant means (botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree..
Common synonyms include plant, capital equipment, seed, constitute.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.
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