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plant: I. noun II. transitive verb
power plant: noun
rubber plant: noun

I . plant [plænt, Brit plɑːnt] N

1. plant BOT:

planta f

2. plant (factory):

usina f

3. plant no pl (machinery):

II . plant [plænt, Brit plɑːnt] VB trans

1. plant AGR:

2. plant (place):

to plant a bomb

colocar uma bomba

power plant N

power plant

casa f de força

rubber plant N

rubber plant

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Songs are rich in associations and parallelisms human relationships are portrayed through images of birds and plants. en.wikipedia.org

Both wild and transgenic plants can phytoremediate explosives from soil and water. en.wikipedia.org

Water taken up through the plants and transpired at their tops helps to humidify the air. en.wikipedia.org

All brought a new aggressiveness to their commands and were desirous of attacking the hydroelectric plants. en.wikipedia.org

You can create not 10, but 20 new plants from last year's pelargoniums. www.telegraph.co.uk

To cut a crape myrtle back for the vague reason of "it just seems too large" ignores the fact that these plants are trees. www.nola.com

Leguminous plants in hedgerows make substantial amounts of atmospheric nitrogen available to both riceplants and annual crops and recycle other nutrients and organic matter. en.wikipedia.org

Underneath the living rosettes, the plants typically produce nonphotosynthetic material or allow previous leaves to die, creating an insulating effect. en.wikipedia.org

There are 12-15 different species of plants including "sphagnum" moss, heather, bell heather, crowberry, rosemary heather, cranberries, white beak rush and tue-cottongrass; a rare plant is cloudberry. en.wikipedia.org

They mainly eat plants, but also some mollusks and aquatic insects. en.wikipedia.org

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