Collocations for plant - noun
1. living thing
ADJECTIVE
delicate
wild
native
rare
garden, house, indoor, potted
exotic, tropical
medicinal
food
The butterfly's sole food plant is wild lupine.
wild
native
rare
garden, house, indoor, potted
exotic, tropical
medicinal
food
The butterfly's sole food plant is wild lupine.
crop
poisonous
perennial
aquatic, desert, marsh, water
bedding, climbing, flowering, ornamental
woody
herbaceous, leguminous (both technical)
strawberry, tomato, etc.
poisonous
perennial
aquatic, desert, marsh, water
bedding, climbing, flowering, ornamental
woody
herbaceous, leguminous (both technical)
strawberry, tomato, etc.
plant + VERB
develop,
grow
flourish
die
absorb sth
Plants absorb carbon in the form of carbon dioxide.
flourish
die
absorb sth
Plants absorb carbon in the form of carbon dioxide.
produce sth
plant + NOUN
roots
growth
life
Much of the local plant life has been destroyed by the chemicals.
growth
life
Much of the local plant life has been destroyed by the chemicals.
species,
variety
population
material, matter, tissue
cell
pot
food
science
population
material, matter, tissue
cell
pot
food
science
2. factory
ADJECTIVE
industrial
assembly, manufacturing, production
auto (AmE), car (esp. BrE)
nuclear, power
coal-fired
processing, reprocessing, sewage, treatment, water, water-treatment
a waste reprocessing plant
assembly, manufacturing, production
auto (AmE), car (esp. BrE)
nuclear, power
coal-fired
processing, reprocessing, sewage, treatment, water, water-treatment
a waste reprocessing plant
chemical,
petrochemical