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plant noun

  /plænt/ , /plɑːnt/ , [pʰl̥eənt] , [pʰl̥ænt] , [pʰl̥ɑːnt]
  • (botany) An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
  • (botany) An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
kasvi, kone
  • (ecology) Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
kasvi
  • (slang, obsolete) A stash or cache of hidden goods.
kone
  • An object placed surreptitiously in order to cause suspicion to fall upon a person.
lavaste, soluttautuja
  • A person, placed amongst an audience, whose role is to cause confusion, laughter etc.
soluttautuja
  • Anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation).
soluttautuja, vakooja

plant verb

  /plænt/ , /plɑːnt/ , [pʰl̥eənt] , [pʰl̥ænt] , [pʰl̥ɑːnt]
  • (ambitransitive) To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
istuttaa, panna maahan
  • (transitive) To set up; to install; to instate.
asettaa
  • (transitive) To furnish with a fixed and organized population; to settle; to establish.
asuttaa
  • (transitive) To furnish or supply with plants.
istuttaa
  • (transitive) To engender; to generate; to set the germ of.
istuttaa, kylvää
  • (transitive) To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
juntata
  • (transitive) To introduce and establish the principles or seeds of.
juurruttaa
  • (transitive) To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
laittaa, sijoittaa, soluttaa, ujuttaa
  • (transitive) To place in the ground.
panna maahan

planting noun

  /ˈplæntɪŋ/ , /ˈplɑːntɪŋ/
  • A plant (or clipping) that has been freshly planted.
istukas, pistokas
  • The act of setting a plant in the ground for growth.
istuttaminen, istutus
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