plant

v. sow, place seeds or vegetation into soil; secretly insert a spy or surveillance device; establish; set, place, put

n. small vegetable growth; factory; equipment; agent who has been assigned to secretly infiltrate a location (Slang)

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Noun
1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"
(synonym) works, industrial plant
(hypernym) building complex, complex
(hyponym) bottling plant
2. a living organism lacking the power of locomotion
(synonym) flora, plant life
(hypernym) organism, being
(hyponym) phytoplankton
(member-holonym) Plantae, kingdom Plantae, plant kingdom
(part-meronym) plant part, plant structure
(derivation) set
(class) acid-loving
3. 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"
(hypernym) contrivance, stratagem, dodge
4. an actor situated in the audience whose acting is rehearsed but seems spontaneous to the audience
(hypernym) actor, histrion, player, thespian, role player

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Verb
1. put or set (seeds or seedlings) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
(synonym) set
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(hyponym) root
(derivation) flora, plant life
2. fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
(synonym) implant, engraft, embed, imbed
(hypernym) insert, infix, enter, introduce
(hyponym) pot
(derivation) planting
3. set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
(synonym) establish, found, constitute, institute
(hypernym) initiate, pioneer
(hyponym) fix
4. place into a river; "plant fish"
(hypernym) stock
(classification) animal husbandry
5. place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
6. put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds"
(synonym) implant
(hypernym) communicate, pass on, pass, put across

v. plan, make a scheme, plot, design, contrive; create a timetable; outline, schedule, plan for a certain date, to intend to

nm. young plant, seedling, plant or tree grown from a seed