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  • 1plant the books —    obsolete to cheat at cards    The books were the playing cards and the planting was arranging the deck before dealing …

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  • 2obsolete — I. adjective Etymology: Latin obsoletus, from past participle of obsolescere to grow old, become disused, perhaps from ob toward + solēre to be accustomed Date: 1579 1. a. no longer in use or no longer useful < an obsolete word > b. of a kind or&#8230; …

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  • 3obsolete — adjective most of the machinery in their Somerville plant is obsolete obsolete hairstyles Syn: outdated, out of date, outmoded, old fashioned, démodé, passé, out of fashion; no longer in use, disused, fallen into disuse, behind the times,&#8230; …

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  • 4plant genetic resources — Abbreviation: PGR The reproductive or vegetative propagating material of: 1. cultivated varieties (cultivars) in current use and newly developed varieties; 2. obsolete cultivars; 3. primitive cultivars (landraces); 4. wild and weed species, near&#8230; …

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  • 5Carnivorous plant — Insectivorous Plants redirects here. For the book by Charles Darwin, see Insectivorous Plants (book). Nepenthes mirabilis in flower, growing on a road cut in Palau Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not …

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  • 6Island Station Power Plant — is a decommissioned coal power plant on the Mississippi River less than a mile up river from downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota. St. Paul Gas Light Company commissioned construction of the plant in 1921. In 1923, before construction was even complete …

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  • 7Kursk Nuclear Power Plant — Infobox NPP Picture = Pic des = Country = Russia Utility = Rosenergoatom Built = June 1, 1972 Start = October 12, 1977 End = Reactor = 4 S Reactor = Reactor MW = 4,000 B Reactor = 1 B Reactor MW = 1000 r canceled = 1 r canceled mw = 1000 El Prod …

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  • 8coral plant — noun 1. obsolete : a coral like a plant 2. a. : a much cultivated East Indian plant (Jatropha multifida) with showy scarlet flowers and deeply incised leaves b. : any plant of the genus Erythrina (especially E. corallodendron) …

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  • 9dis|plant — «dihs PLANT, PLAHNT», transitive verb. 1. to uproot (a plant). 2. Obsolete. to dislodge (people) from their settlements or country …

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  • 10Semiconductor fabrication plant — In the microelectronics industry a semiconductor fabrication plant (commonly called a fab) is a factory where devices such as integrated circuits are manufactured. A business that operates a semiconductor fab for the purpose of fabricating the&#8230; …

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