plant

noun

• 1a living organism of the kind exemplified by trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses, typically growing in a permanent site, absorbing water and inorganic substances through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients in its leaves by photosynthesis using the green pigment chlorophyll.
• a small plant, as distinct from a shrub or tree:garden plants

Plants differ from animals in lacking specialized sense organs, having no capacity for voluntary movement, having cell walls, and growing to suit their surroundings rather than having a fixed body plan

• 2a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place:the company has 30 plants in Mexico
• machinery used in an industrial or manufacturing process:inadequate investment in new plant

• 3a person placed in a group as a spy or informer:we thought he was a CIA plant spreading disinformation
• a thing put among someone’s belongings to incriminate or compromise them:he insisted that the cocaine in the glove compartment was a plant

verb

• 1place (a seed, bulb, or plant) in the ground so that it can grow.
• place a seed, bulb, or plant in (a place) to grow:the garden is planted with herbs
• informal bury (someone).

• 2place or fix in a specified position:she planted a kiss on his cheek
• (plant oneself) position oneself:she planted herself on the arm of his chair
• establish (an idea) in someone’s mind:the seed of doubt is planted in his mind
• secretly place (a bomb that is set to go off at a later time).
• put or hide (something) among someone’s belongings to compromise or incriminate the owner:he planted drugs on him to extort a bribe
• send (someone) to join a group or organization to act as a spy or informer.
• found or establish (a colony, city, or community).
• deposit (young fish, spawn, oysters, etc.) in a river or lake.