Air plant () A plant deriving its sustenance from the air alone |
Bowl (n.) A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc. |
Bowl (n.) Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors |
Bowl (n.) The contents of a full bowl |
Bowl (n.) The hollow part of a thing |
Bowl (n.) A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play |
Bowl (n.) An ancient game, popular in Great Britain, played with biased balls on a level plat of greensward. |
Bowl (n.) The game of tenpins or bowling. |
Bowl (v. t.) To roll, as a bowl or cricket ball. |
Bowl (v. t.) To roll or carry smoothly on, or as on, wheels |
Bowl (v. t.) To pelt or strike with anything rolled. |
Bowl (v. i.) To play with bowls. |
Bowl (v. i.) To roll a ball on a plane, as at cricket, bowls, etc. |
Bowl (v. i.) To move rapidly, smoothly, and like a ball |
Bowl-legged (a.) Having crooked legs, esp. with the knees bent outward. |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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 |
roll bowl | the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling) |
plant closing | act of shutting down operation of a plant |
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 |
bowl | a dish that is round and open at the top for serving foods |
bowl | a round vessel that is open at the top, used chiefly for holding food or liquids, |
bowl pipe bowl | a small round container that is open at the top for holding tobacco |
bowl | a wooden ball (with flattened sides so that it rolls on a curved course) used in the game of lawn bowling |
bowling ball bowl | a large ball with finger holes used in the sport of bowling |
cereal bowl | a bowl for holding breakfast cereal |
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 |
finger bowl | small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table |
fishbowl fish bowl goldfish bowl | a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept |
heating system heating plant heating heat | utility to warm a building, the heating system wasn't working, they have radiant heating |
mixing bowl | bowl used with an electric mixer |
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 |
punch bowl | a large bowl for serving beverages, usually with a ladle |
recycling plant | a plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials |
salad bowl | a large bowl for mixing and serving a salad |
salad plate salad bowl | a plate or bowl for individual servings of salad |
sewage disposal plant disposal plant | a plant for disposing of sewage |
slop basin slop bowl | a bowl into which the dregs of teacups and coffee cups are emptied at the table |
soup bowl | a bowl for serving soup |
stadium bowl arena sports stadium | a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments |
steel mill steelworks steel plant steel factory | a factory where steel is made |
sugar bowl | a dish in which sugar is served |
toilet bowl | the bowl of a toilet that can be flushed with water |
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 |
dust bowl | a region subject to dust storms, especially the central region of United States subject to dust storms in the s |
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 |