Collins English-English Dictionary

plant [plɑːnt]

1. 1. n any living organism that typically synthesizes its food from inorganic substances, possesses cellulose cell walls, responds slowly and often permanently to a stimulus, lacks specialized sense organs and nervous system, and has no powers of locomotion

2. 2. n such an organism that is green, terrestrial, and smaller than a shrub or tree; a herb

3. 3. n a cutting, seedling, or similar structure, esp when ready for transplantation

4. 4. n [informal] a thing positioned secretly for discovery by another, esp in order to incriminate an innocent person

5. 5. n [billiards] [snooker] a position in which the cue ball can be made to strike an intermediate which then pockets another ball

6. 6. vt. [tr] [often foll by out] to set (seeds, crops, etc) into (ground) to grow

7. 7. vt. to place firmly in position

8. 8. vt. to establish; found

9. 9. vt. to implant in the mind

10. 10. vt. [slang] to deliver (a blow)

11. 11. vt. [informal] to position or hide, esp in order to deceive or observe

12. 12. vt. to place (young fish, oysters, spawn, etc) in (a lake, river, etc) in order to stock the water

13. 13. vt. See also plant out

14. 14. vt. [Etymology] Old English, from Latin planta a shoot, cutting

plant [plɑːnt]

1. 1. n the land, buildings, and equipment used in carrying on an industrial, business, or other undertaking or service

2. 2. n (as modifier)

   plant costs

3. 3. n a factory or workshop

4. 4. n mobile mechanical equipment for construction, road-making, etc

5. 5. n [Etymology] C20: special use of plant¹