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plant
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- pronunciation:
- plaent
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Builder, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A plant is a living thing that has leaves and roots that usually grow in the ground. Plants use light from the sun to make their own food. Grass, trees, vegetables, and flowers are plants.
Did you know that chocolate comes from the seeds of a plant?
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| definition 2: |
A plant is a kind of factory. It is a building or group of buildings that have machines and equipment for making things.
A lot of people in our town work at the automobile plant.
- similar words:
- factory
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| related words: |
mill |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
plants, planting, planted |
| definition: |
When you plant something, you put it into the ground to grow.
My dad and I planted seeds for tomatoes in our backyard.
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| related words: |
bury, put |
| derivation: |
plantlike (adj.) |
Word Builder: plant +
- plantings:
things that are planted.
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produced by plants |
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blossom, bud, flower, fruit, seed |
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see/see also plant |
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flower, fruit, vegetable |
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some activities with plants |
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eat, feed, plant |
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some behaviors of plants |
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bloom, grow |
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some descriptions of plants |
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green |
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some examples of plants |
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bush, cactus, cereal, conifer, fern, flower, grass, moss, palm, tree, weed |
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some growth stages of plants |
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seed |
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some parts of plants |
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branch, bulb, cell, fruit, grain, leaf, petal, root, sepal, stem |
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some people associated with plants |
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farmer |
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some places for plants |
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aquarium, crop, forest, garden, habitat, jungle, orchard, vase |
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some things plants cause |
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rash |
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some things that affect plants |
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air, insects, soil, sunlight, water, weeds |
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some uses of plants |
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clothing, food, fuel, shelter |
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