Collocations for "plants"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "plants" in context.

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plant

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
n
  1. [wild, healthy, garden, hardy, perennial, border] plants
  2. a [spring, winter, pot, flowering] plant
  3. an [indoor, outdoor, all-weather] plant
  4. grow plants in [winter, fall, summer, spring]
  5. [pot, grow, cultivate] plants in the [yard, garden, field]
  6. grow plants on the [balcony, terrace]
  7. the plants are [growing, blossoming, withering, dying]
  8. [water, feed, take care of] the plants
  9. [take, pick, select] cuttings from a plant
  10. a (new) [manufacturing, industrial, production] plant
  11. a [nuclear, gas] power plant
  12. a water [sewage, purification, treatment] plant
  13. [open, build, close] a plant
  14. the [manager, director, foreman] of the plant
  15. possible [sites, locations] for the plant
n as adj
  1. plant [life, pots, vitamins, care, food, feeder]
v
  1. plant [seeds, a tree, a garden]
  2. plant [fruit, vegetables, flowers]
  3. plant and [grow, cultivate]
  4. the [field, garden] is planted with [corn, tomatoes]
  5. plant them from [seeds, bulbs]
  6. plant them in the [ground, soil, backyard]
  7. plant in [pots, rows, baskets]
  8. plant in [April, spring]
  9. planted [firmly, loosely, separately]
  10. plant [evidence, a gun] on him
  11. plant a bomb
  12. plant a kiss on his [cheek, brow]
  13. planted an idea in his [mind, head]
  14. planted himself in the [way, doorway]
  15. planted her feet firmly on the ground
'plants' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
adult - ancillary - animal - balcony - bed - bedding - bog - border - box - bud - clip - cluster - coke - creeping - cutting - disease - diversity - dry - dummy - dwarf - edible - endangered - feed - fern - flower - foreground - greenhouse - ground - grub - habitat - hazardous - hoe - hose - indoor - maggot - makeup - male - manufacture - marine - marsh - naturally - offset - plant - poisonous - pot - powder - prep - present - prick - production

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