°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.
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.