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plant

noun as in organism belonging to the vegetable kingdom

noun as in factory and its buildings, equipment

verb as in put in the ground for growing

verb as in establish, set

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Further evidence has come from two more recent outbreaks, the first at a seafood processing plant in Oregon and the second at a chicken processing plant in Arkansas.

Nearly one in every three of the plants had pesticide levels known to be lethal to monarchs.

Wadley’s team also found bits of burned wood in the bedding containing fragments of camphor leaves, an aromatic plant that can be used as a bug repellent.

Altogether, 9% of the nation’s meat plant workers—around 30,000 people—have contracted the virus, according to a recent analysis by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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The biggest machine learning algorithms use closer to a nuclear power plant’s worth of electricity and racks of chips to learn.

His most recommended plant was tree ivy—its juices sprayed up the nostrils.

There was Petr Miller, a forgeman from the Prague ČKD plant.

His first feature film, Jellyfish Eyes, debuted last year and was set in a town near a threatening nuclear power plant.

Same for driveway pavers and meat and poultry plant workers.

Some of those songs now have names other than Page and Robert Plant in their credits.

As there are still many varieties of the plant grown in America, so there doubtless was when cultivated by the Indians.

The plant as a whole remains green until late in the autumn.

The Smooth Naked Horsetail is a common plant, specially by the sides of streams and pools.

The relation existing between the balmy plant and the commerce of the world is of the strongest kind.

Tobacco is a strong growing plant resisting heat and drought to a far (p. 018) greater extent than most plants.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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