Plant (disambiguation)

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A plant is a living organism that generally does not move and absorbs nutrients from its surroundings. Typically it has been placed deliberately rather than naturally.

Plant may also refer to:

In manufacturing and engineering

• Chemical plant
• Physical plant, often just called "plant", a facility's infrastructure (i.e., "Plant Room")
• Any type of mobile construction machinery
• Another name for a factory (short for "manufacturing plant")
• Processing plant, in process manufacturing

In media and entertainment

• Plant (snooker), used in British English to refer to a type of combination shot
• The Plant (newspaper), student newspaper at Dawson College in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• PLANT, fictional organization in the anime series Gundam SEED and its sequel
• The Plants, a 1950s doo-wop group
• Record Plant recording studios, located at The Plant, in Sausalito, California
• The Plant (film), a 1995 television film
• The Plant

In names

• Henry B. Plant (1819–1899), American railroad manager
• Richard Plant (writer) (1910–1998), German-born American writer
• Richard Plant (racing driver) (born 1989)
• Robert Plant (born 1948), lead singer of Led Zeppelin

In people

• Plant (person), anyone assigned to behave as a member of the public during a covert operation (as in a police investigation)
• Plant (professional wrestling), a person hired to pose as a fan who may become involved in the events
• Plant, the creative member of a team in the Belbin Team Inventory
• Plant, a term used for a shill in the U.K.

In other uses

• Plant (control theory), a notion in control theory
• Plant, Arkansas, a community in the United States
• Plant System, a system of railroads in the American southeast, managed by Henry B. Plant
• Plant, a creative and innovative team role identified in Meredith Belbin's Team Role Inventories