plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
industrial arts | a course in the methods of using tools and machinery as taught in secondary schools and technical schools |
industrialization industrialisation industrial enterprise | the development of industry on an extensive scale |
plant virus | a plant pathogen that is a virus consisting of a single strand of RNA |
leaf bug plant bug | small brightolored insect that feeds on plant juices |
four-lined plant bug four-lined leaf bug Poecilocapsus lineatus | yellow or orange leaf bug with four black stripes down the back, widespread in central and eastern North America |
tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris | widespread plant and fruit pest |
plant louse louse | any of several small insects especially aphids that feed by sucking the juices from plants |
woolly aphid woolly plant louse | secretes a waxy substance like a mass of fine curly white cotton or woolly threads |
jumping plant louse psylla psyllid | small active cicada-like insect with hind legs adapted for leaping, feeds on plant juices |
plant hopper planthopper | related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants |
assembly plant | a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product |
bottling plant | a plant where beverages are put into bottles with caps |
chemical plant | an industrial plant where chemicals are produced |
electrical system electrical plant | utility that provides electricity |
factory mill manufacturing plant manufactory | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
industrial watercourse | a canal that is operated by one or more industries |
packinghouse packing plant | a plant where livestock are slaughtered and processed and packed as meat products |
periwinkle plant derivative | an antineoplastic drug used to treat some forms of cancer |
plant works industrial plant | buildings for carrying on industrial labor, they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles |
power station power plant powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
recycling plant | a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials |
sewage disposal plant disposal plant | a plant for disposing of sewage |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
plant | something planted secretly for discovery by another, the police used a plant to trick the thieves, he claimed that the evidence against him was a plant |
industrial engineering industrial management | the branch of engineering that deals with the creation and management of systems that integrate people and materials and energy in productive ways |
applied psychology industrial psychology | any of several branches of psychology that seek to apply psychological principles to practical problems of education or industry or marketing etc. |
Dow Jones Dow-Jones Industrial Average | an indicator of stock market prices, based on the share values ofbluehip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing |
oyster plant vegetable oyster | long white salsify |
military-industrial complex | a country's military establishment and the industries that produce arms and other military equipment, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex--Dwight David Eisenhower |
plant department building department | the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant |
industrial union vertical union | a labor union that admits all workers in a given industry irrespective of their craft |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations AFL-CIO | the largest federation of North American labor unions, formed in |
Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO | a federation of North American industrial unions that merged with the American Federation of Labor in |
industrial bank industrial loan company | a finance company that makes small loans to industrial workers |
Industrial Workers of the World IWW I.W.W. | a former international labor union and radical labor movement in the United States, founded in Chicago inand dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism, its membership declined after World War I |
industrial park | a tract of land at a distance from city center that is designed for a cluster of businesses and factories |
botanist phytologist plant scientist | a biologist specializing in the study of plants |
plant | an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience |
Plantae kingdom Plantae plant kingdom | (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants |
plant cell | a cell that is a structural and functional unit of a plant |
non-flowering plant | a plant that does not bear flowers |
plant order | the order of plants |
pot plant | a plant suitable for growing in a flowerpot (especially indoors) |
bryophyte nonvascular plant | any of numerous plants of the division Bryophyta |
pteridophyte nonflowering plant | plants having vascular tissue and reproducing by spores |
spermatophyte phanerogam seed plant | plant that reproduces by means of seeds not spores |
angiosperm flowering plant | plants having seeds in a closed ovary |