PLANTS scores 8 points (base, without multipliers).
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/plษหnts/
noun
1
An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a tree.
The garden had a couple of trees, and a cluster of colourful plants around the border.
2
An organism of the kingdom Plantae; now specifically, a living organism of the Embryophyta (land plants) or of the Chlorophyta (green algae), a eukaryote that includes double-membraned chloroplasts in its cells containing chlorophyll a and b, or any organism closely related to such an organism.
3
Now specifically, a multicellular eukaryote that includes chloroplasts in its cells, which have a cell wall.
4
Any creature that grows on soil or similar surfaces, including plants and fungi.
verb
1
To place (a seed or plant) in soil or other substrate in order that it may live and grow.
2
To place (an object, or sometimes a person), often with the implication of intending deceit.
That gun's not mine! It was planted there by the real murderer!
3
To place or set something firmly or with conviction.
Plant your feet firmly and give the rope a good tug.