plante — meaning in English

English meaning

• plant noun A living organism, typically rooted in soil, that makes its own food through photosynthesis — trees, flowers, grasses, and similar life forms.
• sole adjective Being the only one; single, exclusive.

Senses

plante is used for these senses in English:

• plant (botany) 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.
• plant (botany) 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.
• plant (ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
• sole The bottom of the body of a plough; the slade.

plant — full definition

1. noun A living organism, typically rooted in soil, that makes its own food through photosynthesis — trees, flowers, grasses, and similar life forms.
2. noun A factory or other building where an industrial process is carried out.
3. noun An object or person secretly placed somewhere to deceive people, gather information, or make someone look guilty.
4. verb To put a seed, seedling, or crop into soil so that it will grow.
5. verb To place something or someone secretly, especially to create a false impression or set someone up.

sole — full definition

1. adjective Being the only one; single, exclusive.
2. noun The bottom surface of the foot, or of a shoe.
3. noun A flat, edible sea fish.

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