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Plant
1. A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility. A
cement plant was built near our town.
2. An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of
photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather
than a tree. We had many ornamental plants around our home.
3. An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a
person. That gun was not mine. It was planted there by someone.
4. To place or set something firmly or without conviction. Plant your feet
firmly and give the rope a good tug.
5. To place in the ground. We planted six trees in our back yard.
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