plant
[ plant, plahnt ]
/ plænt, plɑnt /
noun
verb (used with object)
Origin of plant
before 900; (noun) Middle English
plaunte; in part continuing Old English
plante sapling, young plant (< Latin
planta); in part (< Old French
plante) < Latin
planta a shoot, sprig, scion (for planting), plant; (v.) Middle English
plaunten; in part continuing Old English
plantian (< Latin
plantāre); in part (< Old French
planter) < Latin
plantāre to plant
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British Dictionary definitions for planting (1 of 2)
plant
1
/ (plɑːnt) /
noun
verb (tr)
See also
plant out
Derived forms of plant
plantable, adjective plantlike, adjectiveWord Origin for plant
Old English, from Latin
planta a shoot, cutting
British Dictionary definitions for planting (2 of 2)
plant
2
/ (plɑːnt) /
noun
- the land, buildings, and equipment used in carrying on an industrial, business, or other undertaking or service
- (as modifier)plant costs
a factory or workshop
mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc
Word Origin for plant
C20: special use of
plant
1
Scientific definitions for planting
plant
[ plănt ]
Any of a wide variety of multicellular eukaryotic organisms, belonging to the kingdom Plantae and including the bryophytes and vascular plants. Plant cells have cell walls made of cellulose. Except for a few specialized symbionts, plants have chlorophyll and manufacture their own food through photosynthesis. Most plants grow in a fixed location and reproduce sexually, showing an alternation of generations between a diploid stage (with each cell having two sets of chromosomes) and haploid stage (with each cell having one set of chromosomes) in their life cycle. The first fossil plants date from the Silurian period. Formerly the algae, slime molds, dinoflagellates, and fungi, among other groups, were classified as plants, but now these are considered to belong to other kingdoms. See Table at taxonomy.