Air plant () A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone |
Dove plant () A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove |
Flax-plant (n.) A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth. |
Grapevine (n.) A vine or climbing shrub, of the genus Vitis, having small green flowers and lobed leaves, and bearing the fruit called grapes. |
Ice plant () A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten like ice. It is native along the Mediterranean, in the Canaries, and in South Africa. Its juice is said to be demulcent and diuretic |
Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument |
Pinch (v. t.) o seize |
Pinch (v. t.) To plait. |
Pinch (v. t.) Figuratively: To cramp |
Pinch (v. t.) To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch. See Pinch, n., 4. |
Pinch (v. i.) To act with pressing force |
Pinch (v. i.) To take hold |
Pinch (v. i.) To spare |
Pinch (n.) A close compression, as with the ends of the fingers, or with an instrument |
Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb |
Pinch (n.) Pian |
Pinch (n.) A lever having a projection at one end, acting as a fulcrum, -- used chiefly to roll heavy wheels, etc. Called also pinch bar. |
Plant (n.) A vegetable |
Plant (n.) A bush, or young tree |
Plant (n.) The sole of the foot. |
Plant (n.) The whole machinery and apparatus employed in carrying on a trade or mechanical business |
Plant (n.) A plan |
Plant (n.) An oyster which has been bedded, in distinction from one of natural growth. |
Plant (n.) A young oyster suitable for transplanting. |
Plant (n.) To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth |
Plant (n.) To set in the ground for growth, as a young tree, or a vegetable with roots. |
Plant (n.) To furnish, or fit out, with plants |
Plant (n.) To engender |
Plant (n.) To furnish with a fixed and organized population |
Plant (n.) To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of |
Plant (n.) To set firmly |
Plant (n.) To set up |
Plant (v. i.) To perform the act of planting. |
Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon. |
Plant-eating (a.) Eating, or subsisting on, plants |
Remove (v. t.) To move away from the position occupied |
Remove (v. t.) To cause to leave a person or thing |
Remove (v. t.) To dismiss or discharge from office |
Remove (v. i.) To change place in any manner, or to make a change in place |
Remove (n.) The act of removing |
Remove (n.) The transfer of one's business, or of one's domestic belongings, from one location or dwelling house to another |
Remove (n.) The state of being removed. |
Remove (n.) That which is removed, as a dish removed from table to make room for something else. |
Remove (n.) The distance or space through which anything is removed |
Remove (n.) The act of resetting a horse's shoe. |
Tomato (n.) The fruit of a plant of the Nightshade family (Lycopersicum esculentun) |
Water plant () A plant that grows in water |
Wind-plant (n.) A windflower. |
plant flora plant life | (botany) a living organism lacking the power of locomotion |
apprehension arrest catch collar pinch taking into custody | the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal), the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar |
plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
pinch tweak | a squeeze with the fingers |
nip pinch | a small sharp bite or snip |
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 |
tobacco hornworm tomato worm Manduca sexta | large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants, similar to tomato hornworm |
tomato hornworm potato worm Manduca quinquemaculata | large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants, similar to tobacco hornworm |
corn earworm cotton bollworm tomato fruitworm tobacco budworm vetchworm Heliothis zia | larva of a noctuid moth, highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops |
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 |
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 |
pinch bar | a lever with a pointed projection that serves as a fulcrum, used to roll heavy wheels |
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 |
remove | degree of figurative distance or separation, just one remove from madness or it imitates at many removes a Shakespearean tragedy, |
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 |
grapevine pipeline word of mouth | gossip spread by spoken communication, the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth |
emergency exigency pinch | a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action, he never knew what to do in an emergency |
tomato concentrate | a concentrated form of tomatoes |
bacon-lettuce-tomato sandwich BLT | sandwich filled with slices of bacon and tomato with lettuce |
tomato | mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable |
beefsteak tomato | any of several large tomatoes with thick flesh |
cherry tomato | small red to yellow tomatoes |
plum tomato | a kind of cherry tomato that is frequently used in cooking rather than eaten raw |
tomatillo husk tomato Mexican husk tomato | small edible yellow to purple tomato-like fruit enclosed in a bladderlike husk |
oyster plant vegetable oyster | long white salsify |
catsup ketchup cetchup tomato ketchup | thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes |
tomato paste | thick concentrated tomato puree |
tomato sauce | sauce made with a puree of tomatoes (or strained tomatoes) with savory vegetables and other seasonings, can be used on pasta |
stuffed tomato hot stuffed tomato | tomato cases filled with various mixtures and baked briefly |
stuffed tomato cold stuffed tomato | tomato cases filled with various salad mixtures and served cold |
tomato juice | the juice of tomatoes (usually bottled or canned) |
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 |