Plant

Name:
Plant
Detailed information:
(1) Any large-scale manufacturing unit including pipelines, reaction equipment, machinery, etc.(2) A broad group of vegetable organisms comprised of all types of vegetation that contain chlorophyll (algae, mosses, grasses, vegetables, trees, etc. but excluding fungi). Their metabolic processes are vital to the maintenance of life on earth and result in the following products: (1) oxygen (from respiration), (2) carbohydrates (from photosynthesis), (3) amino acids and proteins(from nitrates and nitrogen-fixing bacteria), (4) fats and oils, (5) vitamins, (6) natural fibers, (7) coal, (8) various other substances of value such as alkaloid drugs, rubber, etc.See Photosynthesis; Phytochemistry.