plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
cleaning cleansing cleanup | the act of making something clean, he gave his shoes a good cleaning |
dry cleaning | the act of cleaning (fabrics) with a solvent other than water |
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 |
cleaning implement cleaning device cleaning equipment | any of a large class of implements used for cleaning |
cleaning pad | a pad used as a cleaning implement |
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 |
flue | a conduit to carry off smoke |
flue pipe flue labial pipe | organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip |
flue stop | an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe |
fluke flue | flat bladelike projection on the arm of an anchor |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
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 |
oyster plant vegetable oyster | long white salsify |
plant department building department | the division of a business responsible for building and maintaining the physical plant |
botanist phytologist plant scientist | a biologist specializing in the study of plants |
charwoman char cleaning woman cleaning lady woman | a human female employed to do housework, the char will clean the carpet, I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write |
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 |
monocarp monocarpic plant monocarpous plant | a plant that bears fruit once and dies |
plant family | a family of plants |
plant genus | a genus of plants |
legume leguminous plant | an erect or climbing bean or pea plant of the family Leguminosae |