Plant (disambiguation)
A plant is a living organism that generally does not move and absorbs nutrients from its surroundings. Typically it has been placed deliberately rather than naturally; it has been planted.
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Plants are multicellular organisms in the kingdom Plantae that use photosynthesis to make their own food. There are over 300,000 species of plants; common examples of plants include grasses, trees, and shrubs. The study of plants is called botany.
Plant may also refer to:
Manufacturing and engineering
- Chemical plant
- Physical plant, often just called "plant", a facility's infrastructure (i.e., "Plant Room")
- Plant, any type of mobile construction machinery
- Plant, another name for a factory (short for "manufacturing plant")
- Processing plant, in process manufacturing
Arts, entertainment, and media
- The Plant (film), a 1995 television film
- The Plant (newspaper), student newspaper at Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- The Plant (novel), unfinished serial novel by Stephen King
- "The Plant" (Schitt's Creek)
- Plant (snooker), used in British English to refer to a type of combination shot
- The Plants, a 1950s doo-wop group
- "A.K.A. The Plant" (Weeds episode)
- PLANT, fictional organization in the anime series Gundam SEED and its sequel
People with the surname
- Henry B. Plant (1819–1899), American railroad manager
- John Plant (YouTube) Australian YouTuber
- Richard Plant (disambiguation), multiple people
- Robert Plant (born 1948), lead singer of Led Zeppelin
- Thomas Gustave Plant (1859–1941), British-American manufacturer
Roles
- Plant, a shill or a stooge
- Plant, a spy or a mole
- Plant, a professional wrestling term for a person hired to pose as a fan who may become involved in the events
- Plant, the creative and innovative team role in Meredith Belbin's Team Role Inventories
Other uses
- Plant (control theory), a notion in control theory
- Plant (restaurant), a vegan restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, US
- Plant, Arkansas, a community in the United States
- Plant, to place or relate evidence to a potential suspect by means outside of the course of justice/law, as part of police corruption
- Plant System, a system of railroads in the American southeast, managed by Henry B. Plant
See also
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- La Plant, South Dakota, USA
- Laplante (surname)
- All pages with titles containing plant or plants
- All pages with titles beginning with Plant
- Plante (disambiguation)
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