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    • plant :buildings for carrying on industrial labor
      • they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles

    • plant :put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground
      • Let's plant flowers in the garden

    • plant :fix or set securely or deeply
      • He planted a knee in the back of his opponent|The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum

    • plant :set up or lay the groundwork for
      • establish a new department

    • 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

    • plant :place into a river
      • plant fish

    • plant :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

    • plant :put firmly in the mind
      • Plant a thought in the students' minds

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