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gas plant

American  

noun

  1. a plant, Dictamnus albus, of the rue family, native to Eurasia, having clusters of white or reddish flowers and strong-smelling foliage that emits a flammable vapor.


gas plant British  

noun

  1. Also called: burning bush.   dittany.   fraxinella.  an aromatic white-flowered Eurasian rutaceous plant, Dictamnus albus, that emits a vapour capable of being ignited

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The village's gas plant has turned 10, so locals made a cake shaped like the two domed gas tanks.

From BBC

Last year, the farm’s 114 turbines in the North Sea were disconnected more than 70% of the time; a gas plant in southern England fired up instead to meet local electricity demand.

From The Wall Street Journal

A traditional large-scale natural gas plant would likely take five years to build, based on current waiting times for natural gas turbines.

From Barron's

A traditional large-scale natural gas plant would likely take five years to build, based on current waiting times for natural gas turbines.

From Barron's

This weekend, chemical and gas plants in two Russian regions more than a thousand of miles away from the front line were damaged, local governors said.

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