Definition of plant

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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..

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Victoria :: Victoria (n.) A genus of aquatic plants named in honor of Queen Victoria. The Victoria regia is a native of Guiana and Brazil. Its large, spreading leaves are often over five feet in diameter, and have a rim from three to five inches high; its immense rose-white flowers sometimes attain a diameter of nearly two feet..
Lentil :: Lentil (n.) A leguminous plant of the genus Ervum (Ervum Lens), of small size, common in the fields in Europe. Also, its seed, which is used for food on the continent..
Reflorescence :: Reflorescence (n.) A blossoming anew of a plant after it has apparently ceased blossoming for the season.
Polygamy :: Polygamy (n.) The condition or state of a plant which bears both perfect and unisexual flowers.
Avens :: Avens (n.) A plant of the genus Geum, esp. Geum urbanum, or herb bennet..
Knot :: Knot (n.) A protuberant joint in a plant.
Sport :: Sport (n.) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. See Sporting plant, under Sporting..
Gladen :: Gladen (n.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima..
Orchis :: Orchis (n.) Any plant of the same family with the orchis; an orchid.
Scalariform :: Scalariform (a.) Resembling a ladder in form or appearance; having transverse bars or markings like the rounds of a ladder; as, the scalariform cells and scalariform pits in some plants..
Kecksy :: Kecksy (n.) The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock..
Grafting :: Grafting (n.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
Ironweed :: Ironweed (n.) A tall weed with purplish flowers (Vernonia Noveboracensis). The name is also applied to other plants of the same genus.
Milkwort :: Milkwort (n.) A genus of plants (Polygala) of many species. The common European P. vulgaris was supposed to have the power of producing a flow of milk in nurses.
Gymnocladus :: Gymnocladus (n.) A genus of leguminous plants; the Kentucky coffee tree. The leaves are cathartic, and the seeds a substitute for coffee..
"""cauliflower " :: Cauliflower (n.) The edible head or curd of a cauliflower plant..
Frame :: Frame (n.) A glazed portable structure for protecting young plants from frost.
Crosswort :: Crosswort (n.) A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc..
Ephemeral :: Ephemeral (n.) Anything lasting but a day, or a brief time; an ephemeral plant, insect, etc..
Palmic :: Palmic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); -- formerly used to designate an acid now called ricinoleic acid..
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