plant

plant
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. vegetable, herb, organism, flower, seedling, shrub, sprout, shoot; machinery, factory, equipment; slang, hoax, trick, frameup. See deception. —v. implant, deposit, settle; colonize; sow, seed, engender. See agriculture, location.
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Vegetable]
Syn. shrub, weed, corn, bush, slip, shoot, cutting, sprout, seedling, plantlet; see also bulb , cactus , flower 1 .
2. [Factory]
Syn. shop, mill, manufactory; see factory .
v.
Syn. put in the ground, sow, set, set out, pot, start, transplant, seed, stock, colonize, settle, establish, locate, be in; see also farm .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
1. vegetable herb, flower, weed, grass, greenery, perennial, annual, shrub, tree, seedling, shoot, cutting.
2. factory manufactory, mill, works, yard, foundry, assembly line.
II
v.
sow, seed, set, scatter, implant, start, root, transplant, embed, install.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I noun A building or complex in which an industry is located: factory, mill, work (used in plural). See MAKE, PLACE. II verb 1. To put (seeds) into the ground for growth: seed, sow. See START. 2. Slang. To put or keep out of sight: bury, cache, conceal, ensconce, hide1, occult, secrete. Slang: stash. See SHOW.

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