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Plantago
- noun - type genus of the family Plantaginaceae; large cosmopolitan genus of mostly small herbs
Plantain
- noun - a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics
- any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally
- starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics
Planters
- noun - a decorative pot for house plants
- a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground
- the owner or manager of a plantation
Planting
- verb - a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area; "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner"
- fix or set securely or deeply; "He planted a knee in the back of his opponent"; "The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum"
- place into a river; "plant fish"
- 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"
- put firmly in the mind; "Plant a thought in the students' minds"
- put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
- putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; "the planting of corn is hard work"
- set up or lay the groundwork for; "establish a new department"
- the act of fixing firmly in place; "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway"
Plantlet
- noun - a young plant or a small plant
Plantule
- - The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
Plasters
- noun - a medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc.
- a mixture of lime or gypsum with sand and water; hardens into a smooth solid; used to cover walls and ceilings
- a surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling); "there were cracks in the plaster"
- adhesive tape used in dressing wounds
- affix conspicuously; "She plastered warnings all over the wall"
- any of several gypsum cements; a white powder (a form of calcium sulphate) that forms a paste when mixed with water and hardens into a solid; used in making molds and sculptures and casts for broken limbs
- apply a heavy coat to
- apply a plaster cast to; "plaster the broken arm"
- coat with plaster; "daub the wall"
- cover conspicuously or thickly, as by pasting something on; "The demonstrators plastered the hallways with posters"; "She l
Plastery
- - Of the nature of plaster.
Plastics
- noun - a card (usually plastic) that assures a seller that the person using it has a satisfactory credit rating and that the issuer will see to it that the seller receives payment for the merchandise delivered; "do you take plastic?"
- generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
Plastide
- - A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon.