Webster's Dictionary 1913

4996

Planoblast

Plan″o‐blast (?), n. [Gr. � to wander + -blast.] (Zoöl.) Any free-swimming gonophore of a hydroid; a hydroid medusa.

4997

Planogamete

Plan″o‐ga‐mete′ (?), n. [Gr. � wandering + E. gamete.] (Bot.) One of the motile ciliated gametes, or zoögametes, found in isogamous plants, as many green algæ (Chlorophyceæ).

4998

Planometer

Pla‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. [Plano- + -meter. Cf. Planimeter.] An instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. See Surface gauge, under Surface.

4999

Planometry

Pla‐nom″e‐try (?), n.(Mech.) The art or process of producing or gauging a plane surface.

5000

Planorbis

‖Pla‐nor″bis (?), n. [NL., fr. L. planus flat + orbis a circle.] (Zoöl.) Any fresh-water air-breathing mollusk belonging to Planorbis and other allied genera, having shells of a...

5001

Plant

Plant (?), n. [AS. plante, L. planta.] 1. A vegetable; an organized living being, generally without feeling and voluntary motion, and having, when complete, a root, stem, and le...

5002

Plant (2)

Plant (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Planted; p. pr. & vb. n.Planting.] [AS. plantian, L. plantare. See Plant, n.] 1. To put in the ground and cover, as seed for growth; as, to plant m...

5003

Plant (3)

Plant, v. i. To perform the act of planting.I have planted; Apollos watered. 1 Cor. iii. 6.

5004

Plant-cane

Plant″–cane′ (?), n. A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called ratt...

5005

Plant-eating

Plant″–eat′ing (?), a. Eating, or subsisting on, plants; as, a plant-eating beetle.

5006

Plantable

Plant″a‐ble (?), a. Capable of being planted; fit to be planted. B. Edwards.

5007

Plantage

Plant″age (?), n. A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted.As true as steel, as plantage to the moon. Shak. (Troil. iii. sc. 2).

5008

Plantain

Plan″tain (?), n. [Cf. F. plantain-arbre, plantanier, Sp. plántano, plátano; prob. same word as plane tree.] 1. (Bot.) A treelike perennial herb (Musa paradisiaca) of tropical r...

5009

Plantain (2)

Plan″tain, n. [F., fr. L. plantago. Cf. Plant.] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the P. major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender ...

5010

Plantal

Plant″al (?), a. [L. planta a plant.] Belonging to plants; as, plantal life. Dr. H. More.

5011

Plantar

Plan″tar (?), a. [L. plantaris, fr. planta the sole of the foot.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sole of the foot; as, the plantar arteries.

5012

Plantation

Plan‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation.] 1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth.2. The place planted; land brought under cultivati...

5013

Planted

Plant″ed (?), a.(Joinery) Fixed in place, as a projecting member wrought on a separate piece of stuff; as, a planted molding.

5014

Planter

Plant″er (?), n. 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 pla...

5015

Plantership

Plant″er‐ship, n. The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies.

5016

Planticle

Plant″i‐cle (?), n. [Dim. of Plant.] A young plant, or plant in embryo. E. Darwin.

5017

Plantigrada

‖Plan′ti‐gra″da (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species.

5018

Plantigrade

Plan″ti‐grade (?), a. [L. planta sole of the foot + gradi to walk: cf. F. plantigrade.] (Zoöl.) (a) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. (b) Having t...

5019

Plantigrade (2)

Plan″ti‐grade, n.(Zoöl.) A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears.

5020

Planting

Plant″ing (?), n. 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 pl...

5021

Plantless

Plant″less, a. Without plants; barren of vegetation.

5022

Plantlet

Plant″let, n. A little plant.