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plant

[plant, plahnt] / plænt, plɑnt /


NOUN
factory and its buildings, equipment
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Just one plant is on the list - the green-winged orchid - alongside a large number of invertebrates including the pearl-bordered fritillary butterfly and the black darter dragonfly.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

Disrupting just one of them had little effect, but removing all five caused the plant to die.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

“You can plant the seed in one conversation and then bring it up later,” Abrahams says.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

The government has provided funding to reactivate the Ensus bioethanol plant, which makes CO2 as a by-product, in order to shore up supplies of the gas.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

They fanned out across the plant, searching cars and trucks for batteries that hadn’t been damaged by the flood.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland




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