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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.
crop
poisonous
perennial
aquatic, desert, marsh, water
bedding, climbing, flowering, ornamental
woody
herbaceous, leguminous (both technical)
strawberry, tomato, etc.

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VERB + plant

cultivate, grow
water
protect

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plant + VERB

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

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plant + NOUN

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

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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
chemical, petrochemical

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VERB + plant

build
manage, run

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plant + VERB

produce sth

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plant + NOUN

manager

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Collocations for plant - verb

1. put plants/seeds in the ground to grow

ADVERB

carefully
deliberately
weeds that had not been deliberately planted

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PREPOSITION

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

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PHRASES

densely planted
The Bordeaux area is densely planted with vine.
newly planted, recently planted
recently planted maples
widely planted
Zinfandel is California's most widely planted red grape.

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2. put sth firmly in a place/position

ADVERB

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

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PREPOSITION

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

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Plant is used with these nouns as the object:
bean, bomb, bulb, bush, corn, cotton, crop, explosive, field, fist, flag, foot, forest, garden, hedge, herb, kick, kiss, mine, mole, pea, root, seed, shrub, tree, variety, vegetables, wheat

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