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  • 1plant — plant1 W1S2 [pla:nt US plænt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(living thing)¦ 2¦(factory)¦ 3¦(machinery)¦ 4¦(something hidden)¦ 5¦(person)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [: Old English; Origin: plante, from Latin planta new growth on a plant, part cut off a plant to be grown again ] 1.) …

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  • 2plant — plant1 [ plænt ] noun *** 1. ) count a living thing that grows in soil, has leaves and roots, and needs water and light from the sun to live: a garden/pot/house plant a strawberry plant 2. ) count a factory that produces power, or processes… …

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  • 3plant — I UK [plɑːnt] / US [plænt] noun Word forms plant : singular plant plural plants *** 1) [countable] a living thing that grows in soil, has leaves and roots, and needs water and light from the sun to live a garden/pot/house plant a strawberry plant …

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  • 4plant — [[t]plɑ͟ːnt, plæ̱nt[/t]] ♦ plants, planting, planted 1) N COUNT A plant is a living thing that grows in the earth and has a stem, leaves, and roots. → See also , pot plant, rubber plant Water each plant as often as required. ...exotic plants. 2)… …

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  • 5plant — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English plantian, from Late Latin plantare to plant, fix in place, from Latin, to plant, from planta plant Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to put or set in the ground for growth < plant&#8230; …

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  • 6plant — noun 1》 a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through the roots, and synthesizing nutrients in the leaves by&#8230; …

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  • 7plant´like´ — plant «plant, plahnt», noun, verb. –n. 1. any living thing that is not an animal; a vegetable, in the widest sense. A plant is traditionally distinguished from an animal by the absence of locomotion and of special organs of sensation and&#8230; …

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  • 8Something Special (TV series) — Something Special Screenshot from title credits from series 4 Also known as Something Special: Out and About Genre …

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  • 9plant — [plant, plänt] n. [ME plante &LT; OE &LT; L planta, sprout, twig, prob. back form. &LT; plantare, to smooth the soil for planting &LT; planta, sole of the foot &LT; IE * plat , var. of base * pla , broad, flat &GT; PLAIN1] 1. any of a kingdom&#8230; …

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  • 10plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that&#8230; …

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