Definition of "plant" []

• Botany Any of various photosynthetic, eukaryotic, multicellular organisms of the kingdom Plantae characteristically producing embryos, containing chloroplasts, having cellulose cell walls, and lacking the power of locomotion. (noun)
• Botany A plant having no permanent woody stem; an herb. (noun)
• A building or group of buildings for the manufacture of a product; a factory. (noun)
• The equipment, including machinery, tools, instruments, and fixtures and the buildings containing them, necessary for an industrial or manufacturing operation. (noun)
• The buildings, equipment, and fixtures of an institution: the entire plant of a university. (noun)

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• "Yes, they were behind the plant, I was in front of the plant…"
• "Settle, then, which -- plant or ivy -- Dickens supposed the reader to know least about, and which, therefore, Dickens was telling him about; and you settle which word -- _plant_ or _ivy_ -- is the subject."
• "_The plant bore the "Jacks," _ standing by itself, is a complete sentence; but by using _that_ for _plant_ the whole expression is made to do the work of an adjective."