Air Plant :: Air plant () A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone; an aerophyte.

Contemplant :: Contemplant (a.) Given to contemplation; meditative.

Deplant :: Deplant (v. t.) To take up (plants); to transplant.

Deplantation :: Deplantation (n.) Act of taking up plants from beds.

Di/planted :: Di/planted (imp. & p. p.) of Displan.

Displant :: Displant (v. t.) To remove (what is planted or fixed); to unsettle and take away; to displace; to root out; as, to displant inhabitants..

Displant :: Displant (v. t.) To strip of what is planted or settled; as, to displant a country of inhabitants..

Displantation :: Displantation (n.) The act of displanting; removal; displacement.

Displanting :: Displanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displan.

Dove Plant :: Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant..

Eggplant :: Eggplant (n.) A plant (Solanum Melongena), of East Indian origin, allied to the tomato, and bearing a large, smooth, edible fruit, shaped somewhat like an egg; mad-apple..

Flax-plant :: Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth..

Ice Plant :: Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic; its ashes are used in Spain in making glass..

Implant :: Implant (v. t.) To plant, or infix, for the purpose of growth; to fix deeply; to instill; to inculate; to introduce; as, to implant the seeds of virtue, or the principles of knowledge, in the minds of youth..

Implantation :: Implantation (n.) The act or process of implantating.

Implanted :: Implanted (imp. & p. p.) of Implan.

Implanting :: Implanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Implan.

Laminiplantar :: Laminiplantar (a.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks..

Pieplant :: Pieplant (n.) A plant (Rheum Rhaponticum) the leafstalks of which are acid, and are used in making pies; the garden rhubarb..

Plant :: Plant (n.) A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and leaves, though consisting sometimes only of a single leafy expansion, or a series of cellules, or even a single cellule..

Plant :: Plant (n.) A bush, or young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff..

Plant :: Plant (n.) The sole of the foot.

Plant :: Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business; also, sometimes including real estate, and whatever represents investment of capital in the means of carrying on a business, but not including material worked upon or finished products; as, the plant of a foundry, a mill, or a railroad..

Plant :: Plant (n.) A plan; an artifice; a swindle; a trick.

Plant :: Plant (n.) An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth..

Plant :: Plant (n.) A young oyster suitable for transplanting.

Plant :: Plant (n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant maize..

Plant :: Plant (n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots..

Plant :: Plant (n.) To furnish, or fit out, with plants; as, to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest..

Plant :: Plant (n.) To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.

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