Main entry: flora, plant, plant life
Definition: (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Main entry: plant, works, industrial plant
Definition: buildings for carrying on industrial labor
Usage: they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles
Main entry: plant
Definition: something planted secretly for discovery by another
Usage: the police used a plant to trick the thieves; he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant
Main entry: plant
Definition: an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
Definition: put firmly in the mind
Usage: Plant a thought in the students' minds
Main entry: plant
Definition: place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
Usage: Plant a spy in Moscow; plant bugs in the dissident's apartment
Main entry: imbed, implant, plant, embed, engraft
Definition: fix or set securely or deeply
Usage: He planted a knee in the back of his opponent; The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum
Definition: put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
Usage: Let's plant flowers in the garden
Main entry: plant, establish, found, constitute, institute
Definition: set up or lay the groundwork for
Usage: establish a new department
Main entry: plant
Definition: place into a river
Usage: plant fish