n. [ Cf. F. déplantation. ] Act of taking up plants from beds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of displanting; removal; displacement. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. implantation. ] The act or process of implanting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lamina + L. planta sole of the foot. ] (Zool.) Having the tarsus covered behind with a horny sheath continuous on both sides, as in most singing birds, except the larks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being planted; fit to be planted. B. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A word used once by Shakespeare to designate plants in general, or anything that is planted. [ 1913 Webster ]

As true as steel, as plantage to the moon. Shak. (Troil. iii. sc. 2). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. plantago. Cf. Plant. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Plantago, but especially the Plantago major, a low herb with broad spreading radical leaves, and slender spikes of minute flowers. It is a native of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

Indian plantain. (Bot.) See under Indian. --
Mud plantain, a homely North American aquatic plant (Heteranthera reniformis), having broad, reniform leaves. --
Rattlesnake plantain, an orchidaceous plant (Goodyera pubescens), with the leaves blotched and spotted with white. --
Ribwort plantain. See Ribwort. --
Robin's plantain, the Erigeron bellidifolium, a common daisylike plant of North America. --
Water plantain, a plant of the genus Alisma, having acrid leaves, and formerly regarded as a specific against hydrophobia. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 regions, bearing immense leaves and large clusters of the fruits called plantains. See Musa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fruit of this plant. It is long and somewhat cylindrical, slightly curved, and, when ripe, soft, fleshy, and covered with a thick but tender yellowish skin. The plantain is a staple article of food in most tropical countries, especially when cooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plantain cutter, or
Plantain eater (Zool.), any one of several large African birds of the genus Musophaga, or family Musophagidæ, especially Musophaga violacea. See Turaco. They are allied to the cuckoos. --
Plantain squirrel (Zool.), a Java squirrel (Sciurus plantani) which feeds upon plantains. --
Plantain tree (Bot.), the treelike herb Musa paradisiaca. See def. 1 (above). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. planta a plant. ] Belonging to plants; as, plantal life. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. plantaris, fr. planta the sole of the foot. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sole of the foot; as, the plantar arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. plantatio: cf. F. plantation. ] 1. The act or practice of planting, or setting in the earth for growth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An original settlement in a new country; a colony. [ 1913 Webster ]

While these plantations were forming in Connecticut. B. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be planted again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of planting again; a replanting. [ R. ] Hallywell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. scutellus a shield + planta foot. ] (Zool.) Having broad scutella on the front, and small scales on the posterior side, of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. supplantation, L. supplantatio hypocritical deceit. ] The act of supplanting or displacing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Habitual supplantation of immediate selfishness. Cloeridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. transplantation. ] 1. The act of transplanting, or the state of being transplanted; also, removal. [ 1913 Webster ]

The transplantation of Ulysses to Sparta. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) The removal of tissues from a healthy part, and the insertion of them in another place where there is a lesion; as, the transplantation of tissues in autoplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

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(Bot.) A kind of plant with acrid leaves. See under 2d Plantain. [ 1913 Webster ]