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plants

  • plural
    of plant.
    plant
    noun
    any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or the use of photosynthesis.
  • present tense form
    of plant (3rd person singular).
    plant
    noun
    any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or the use of photosynthesis.

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While UK rules remain mostly aligned with EU ones, there are some areas where England has diverged from the EU rule book, for example on "precision breeding" of plants, previously known as gene editing.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

CVR’s existing plants in Kansas and Oklahoma are banking lofty sales as the Russia-Ukraine war and conflicts in the Middle East have taken out a big chunk of the world’s fuel-making capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Lee said Monday the government would also invest 2.1 trillion won in electricity, water supply and industrial complex infrastructure, as semiconductor plants require a stable power supply around the clock, 365 days a year.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Although scientists had established that plants could detect their own shape, the biological processes responsible for turning that information into physical movement remained a mystery.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Every wall is covered with drawings, in charcoal and colored pencil, of buildings, trees, plants, people.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse