Plant
/plænt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Plant
noun
- 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.
"The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border."
- An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
- Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
- Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
- A factory or other industrial or institutional building or facility.
verb
- To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
- To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
"That gun's not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!"
- To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
"Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug."
- To place in the ground.
- To furnish or supply with plants.
"to plant a garden, an orchard, or a forest"