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Collocations for plant - noun

1. living thing

ADJ.

attractive | delicate | wild | rare | garden, house, indoor, potted | exotic, tropical | medicinal | food
food plants of rare butterflies
crop | poisonous | perennial | aquatic, desert, marsh | bedding, climbing, flowering, ornamental | herbaceous, leguminous | strawberry, tomato, etc.

VERB + PLANT

cultivate, grow | water

PLANT + VERB

develop, grow | flourish | die | absorb sth, consume sth
Plants absorb carbon in the form of carbon dioxide.

PLANT + NOUN

roots | growth | life
Much of the local plant life has been destroyed by the chemicals.
species, variety | material, matter, tissue | pot | science

2. factory

ADJ.

industrial | assembly, manufacturing, production | car | nuclear, power | processing, reprocessing, sewage, treatment, water-treatment
a waste reprocessing plant
chemical, petrochemical

VERB + PLANT

build | dismantle | manage, run

PLANT + NOUN

manager

Collocations for plant - verb

1. put plants/seeds in the ground to grow

ADV.

carefully | deliberately
weeds that had not been deliberately planted

PREP.

in
Carefully plant your cutting in the soil.
with
The garden was planted with roses and other shrubs.

PHRASES

densely/thickly planted
a thickly planted orange grove
freshly/newly/recently planted

2. put sth firmly in a place/position

ADV.

firmly, solidly, squarely
She planted a kiss squarely on his cheek.

PREP.

on
He was determined to keep both feet firmly planted on dry land.

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