Definitions
(botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
Word origin
From Middle English plante, from Old English plante (“young tree or shrub, herb newly planted”), from Proto-West Germanic *plantu, from Latin planta (“sprout, shoot, cutting”). Broader sense of "any vegetable life, vegetation generally" is from Old French plante. Doublet of clan (borrowed through Celtic languages) and planta (directly from Latin).
Used in a sentence
“The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.”
“Take, Shepherd, take a Plant of ſtubborn Oak; / And labour him with many a ſturdy ſtroke: / Or with hard Stones, demoliſh from afar / His haughty Creſt, the feat of all the War.”
“Some plants, such as mushrooms found in the wild, are difficult to identify. Some plants are poisonous, and an inexperienced individual may make mistakes in identification of wild plants, with tragic results.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer13 curated clues
01“Factory or fern”5 letters
02“Factory or flower”5 letters
03“Factory or greenery”5 letters
04“Factory, in business use”5 letters
05“Garden greenery”5 letters
06“Green living thing”5 letters
07“Living thing with roots”5 letters
08“Office greenery”5 letters
09“Potted greenery”5 letters
10“Potted living decoration”5 letters
11“Potted living thing”5 letters
12“Potted office greenery”5 letters
13“Rooted living thing”5 letters
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