| planter | 1. One who, or that which, plants or sows; as, a planterof corn; a machine planter. 2. One who owns or cultivates a plantation; as, a sugar planter; a coffee planter. 3. A colonist in a new or uncultivated territory; as, the first planters in Virginia. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| plantership | The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| planticle | A young plant, or plant in embryo. Origin: Dim. Of Plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plantigrada | <zoology> A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plantigrade | <zoology> Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright. Origin: L. Planta sole of the foot + gradi to walk: cf. F. Plantigrade. <zoology> A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| planting | 1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc. 2. That which is planted; a plantation. "Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord." (Isa. Lxi. 3) 3. The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plantless | Without plants; barren of vegetation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plantlet | A little plant. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plantocracy | Government by planters; planters, collectively. Origin: Planter + -cracy, as in democracy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plants | Multicellular, eukaryotic life forms of the kingdom plantae. They are characterised by a mainly photosynthetic mode of nutrition; essentially unlimited growth at localised regions of cell divisions (meristems); cellulose within cells providing rigidity; the absence of organs of locomotion; absense of nervous and sensory systems; and an alteration of haploid and diploid generations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plants, edible | An organism of the vegetable kingdom suitable by nature for use as a food, especially by human beings. Not all parts of any given plant are edible but all parts of edible plants have been known to figure as raw or cooked food: leaves, roots, tubers, stems, seeds, buds, fruits, and flowers. The most commonly edible parts of plants are fruit, usually sweet, fleshy, and succulent. Most edible plants are commonly cultivated for their nutritional value and are referred to as vegetables. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plants, medicinal | Plants whose roots, leaves, seeds, bark, or other constituent possess therapeutic, tonic, purgative, or other pharmacologic activity when administered to higher animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plants, toxic | Plants or plant parts which are harmful to man or other animals. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plants, transgenic | Plants into which genetic material from another species has been transferred. The technique most frequently applied makes use of a natural plant-directed gene vector, the gram-negative soil bacterium agrobacterium tumefaciens. A second system more analogous to those used for transforming mammalian cell lines is the direct transfer of DNA into plant protoplasts, for example by electroporation or polyethylene glycol treatment. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plantule | <botany> The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination. Origin: F, dim. Of plante a plant, L. Planta. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
Synonyms : Crown Galls, Gall, Crown, Gall, Plant, Galls, Crown, Plant Gall, Plant Tumor, Tumor, Plant, Tumors, Plant
Synonyms : Movement Protein, Plant Virus, Movement Proteins, Plant Virus, Movement Proteins, Virus, Plant, Plant Virus Movement Proteins, Virus Movement Proteins, Plant
Synonyms : Plant Virus, Virus, Plant, Viruses, Plant
Synonyms : Plantaginaceae
Synonyms : Antibodies, Plant Derived, Antibodies, Recombinant Plant, Plant-Derived Antibodies, Recombinant Plant Antibodies
| plantar fascia |
The tight band of muscle beneath the arch of the foot.
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| plantar fasciitis |
a frequent cause of pain over the plantar (relating to the sole of the foot) and medial (relating to the central region) aspects of the heel, more often in men than women. See also Achilles tendonitis.
출처: www.arc.org.uk/about_arth/glossary.htm
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| plantation |
the houses, structures and ground on or adjacent to the foreshore of a cove, bay, or harbour.
출처: collections.ic.gc.ca/baccalieutrail/dictionary.htm
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| plant |
An organism in the Plant Kingdom. Plants do not have the ability to move like animals, but they are able to make their own food by pulling water and nutrients from the soil, and by using light. Plants provide food for animals and fungi. Includes trees, shrubs, vines, weeds, wildflowers, ferns, mosses, grasses, and others.
출처: www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpag...
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| plantar fascia |
The ligament between the front of the heel bone and the base of the toes that helps to support the arch.
출처: www.hopkinshospital.org/health_info/Bones/Reading/...
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| plant | garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth |
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| plant | an estate where cash crops are grown on a large scale (especially in tropical areas) |
| plant | a newly established colony (especially in the colonization of North America) |
| plant | the owner or manager of a plantation |
| plant | a horse marked by stamina and trained to move at a fast running walk |
| plant | (used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted |
| plant | set in the soil for growth |
| plant | a decorative pot for house plants |
| plant | the owner or manager of a plantation |
| plant | a worker who puts or sets seeds or seedlings into the ground |
| plant | a cocktail made of rum and lime or lemon juice with sugar and sometimes bitters |
| plant | related to the leafhoppers and spittlebugs but rarely damages cultivated plants |