1. (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
   "The forest was teeming with diverse plant life";
   - flora, plant life
    
2. An industrial site, e.g. where products are manufactured or processed
   "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles";
   - works, industrial plant
    
3. Something planted secretly for discovery by another
   "the police used a plant to trick the thieves"; "he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant"
    
4. An actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
   "The magician used a plant in the audience to make his trick seem more impressive"
    
5. Industrial machinery or large vehicles
   "The construction company invested in new plant to improve efficiency"

1. Put (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
   "Let's plant flowers in the garden";
   - set
    
2. Fix or set securely or deeply
   "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent";
   - implant, engraft, embed, imbed
    
3. Set up or lay the groundwork for
   "They planted the seeds of revolution";
   - establish, found, constitute, institute
    
4. Put firmly in the mind
   "Plant a thought in the students' minds";
   - implant
    
5. Place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive
   "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"
    
6. (animal husbandry) place into a river
   "plant fish"

Derived forms: plants, planted, planting

Type of: actor, being, building complex, communicate, complex, contrivance, dodge [informal], enter, histrion [archaic], infix, initiate, insert, introduce, lay, organism, pass, pass along, pass on, pioneer, place, player, pose, position, put, put across, role player, set, stock, stratagem, thesp [Brit, informal], thespian

Part of: kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom, Plantae

Encyclopedia: Plant, Mike