- plant
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 living thingADJECTIVE▪ delicate▪ wild▪ native▪ rare▪ garden, house, indoor, potted▪ exotic, tropical▪ medicinal▪ food▪
The butterfly's sole food plant is wild lupine.
▪ crop▪ poisonous▪ perennial▪ aquatic, desert, marsh, water▪ bedding, climbing, flowering, ornamental▪ woody▪ herbaceous, leguminous (both technical)▪ strawberry, tomato, etc.VERB + PLANT▪ cultivate, grow▪ water▪ protectPLANT + VERB▪ develop, grow▪ flourish▪ die▪ absorb sth▪Plants absorb carbon in the form of carbon dioxide.
▪ produce sthPLANT + NOUN▪ roots▪ growth▪ life▪Much of the local plant life has been destroyed by the chemicals.
▪ species, variety▪ population▪ material, matter, tissue▪ cell▪ pot▪ food▪ science2 factoryADJECTIVE▪ industrial▪ assembly, manufacturing, production▪ auto (AmE), car (esp. BrE)▪ nuclear, power▪ coal-fired▪ processing, reprocessing, sewage, treatment, water, water-treatment▪a waste reprocessing plant
▪ chemical, petrochemicalVERB + PLANT▪ build▪ manage, runPLANT + VERB▪ produce sthPLANT + NOUN▪ manager{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verb1 put plants/seeds in the ground to growADVERB▪ carefully▪ deliberately▪weeds that had not been deliberately planted
PREPOSITION▪ in▪Carefully plant your cutting in the soil.
▪ with▪The garden was planted with roses and other shrubs.
PHRASES▪ densely planted▪The Bordeaux area is densely planted with vine.
▪ newly planted, recently planted▪recently planted maples
▪ widely planted▪Zinfandel is California's most widely planted red grape.
2 put sth firmly in a place/positionADVERB▪ firmly, squarely▪She planted a kiss squarely on his cheek.
PREPOSITION▪ on▪He was determined to keep both feet firmly planted on dry land.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
