planta-, plant-

1. The act of uprooting and moving a non-animal living organism to a new location: The transplants consisting of flowers were successful.
2. An operation involving the moving a bodily organ from one person (the donor) to another person (the recipient): Henry had a kidney transplant that saved his life.

1. Placing an organ of a donor into the body of another person: Dr. Anderson and Dr. White made arrangements to transplant Arnold's kidney into his sister Rebecca.
2. To lift and to reset growing seedlings into a different area of soil: The farmer transplanted the young rice plants.

Any kind of flora containing specialized conducting tissues (xylem, water-conducting tissues; and phloem, tissue that conducts water and nutrients through the body) and typically differentiated (biological specialization) into roots, stems, and leaves: Vascular plants use a process in which cells or tissues undergo changes toward more specialized forms or functions of tissues: especially, during embryonic development.

A division of living things consisting of botanical growth; especially, in contrast with the animal and mineral kingdoms: The botanist, Mr. Lange, explained how the plant kingdoms differ from zoology and the natural use of soil substances.

A field of study which maps the growing regions of seedling organisms and analyzes them in terms of ecology, environmental, or ecological conditions: Mr. Younge, the professor of geography, was telling Kevin and the rest of his students about vegetational plant geography and how it differs in various areas of the world.