PLANTS  . In the most generally used sense, a plant is a member of the See also:

• LOWER

lower or See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order of living organized things; the See also:

• TERM

term is also popularly applied to the smaller herbaceous plants, thus excluding trees and shrubs . The See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early use of the word is for a twig, shoot, cutting or sapling, which was the meaning of See also:

• LAT

Lat. planta (for plancta, the See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root being that seen in planes, See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, cf . Gr. irXaris, broad; planta thus meant a spreading shoot or sucker) . Other meanings of " plant " are derived from the verb " to plant " (Lat. planlare, to See also:

• FIX, THEODORE (180o-1846)

fix in position or See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place) . It is thus used of the See also:

• FIXTURES (Lat. figere, to fix)

fixtures, machinery, apparatus necessary for the carrying on of an See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry or business, and in colloquial or See also:

• SLANG

slang use, of a swindle, a carefully arranged See also:

• PLOT
• PLOT, ROBERT (164o-1696)

plot or See also:

• TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap laid or fixed to deceive; cf. also See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

PLANTATION .