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Encyclopedia > Plant (disambiguation)
Look up plant in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A plant is a living organism that generally does not move or have sensory organs. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that French Wiktionary be merged into this article or section. ... Divisions Green algae Chlorophyta Charophyta Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) †Rhyniophyta - rhyniophytes †Zosterophyllophyta - zosterophylls Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses †Trimerophytophyta - trimerophytes Pteridophyta - ferns and horsetails Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants...


Plant may also be:

  • Another name for a factory (short for "manufacturing plant")
  • Any type of mobile construction machinery
  • A type of [[Snooker#Glossary shot
  • Physical plant, often just called "plant", a facility's infrastructure
  • Plant (person), anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation)
  • Plant (professional wrestling), a person hired to pose as a fan and who usually winds up involved in the action
  • Plant (interface), the outside object of computer interface
  • Plant (skateboarding), a skateboarding trick
  • Plant System, a system of railroads in the American southeast, managed by Henry B. Plant
  • The Plant, Manchester, a church in Manchester, England
  • Henry B. Plant (1819–1899), American railroad manager
  • Richard Plant (1910–1998), German-born American writer
  • Robert Plant (born 1948), lead singer for Led Zeppelin and Page and Plant
  • PLANT, an organisation of the Cosmic Era in the cartoon series Gundam Seed and its sequel. The space colonies where most of the Coordinators live on are also called PLANTs.

  Results from FactBites:
 
Plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2878 words)
Plants are distinguished from green algae, which represent a mode of photosynthetic life similar to the kind modern plants are believed to have evolved from, by having specialized reproductive organs protected by non-reproductive tissues.
Early seed plants are referred to as gymnosperms (naked seeds), as the seed embryo is not enclosed in a protective structure at pollination, with the pollen landing directly on the embryo.
Plants are the basis of a multi-billion dollar per year tourism industry which includes travel to arboretums, botanical gardens, historic gardens, national parks, tulip festivals, rainforests, forests with colorful autumn leaves and the National Cherry Blossom Festival.
Plant (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (217 words)
A plant is a living organism that generally does not move or have sensory organs.
Plant (person), anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation)
The Plant, Manchester, a church in Manchester, England
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