Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord.
Isa. lxi. 3.
3. (Arch.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation.
[Eng.]
Plant"less, a. Without plants; barren of vegetation.
Plant"let, n. A little plant.
Plan*toc"ra*cy (?), n. [Planter + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government
by planters; planters, collectively. [R.]
Plant"ule (?), n. [F., dim. of plante a plant, L. planta.] (Bot.) The
embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.
||Plan"u*la (?), n.; pl. PlanulÊ (#). [L., a little plane.] 1. (Biol.)
||In embryonic development, a vesicle filled with fluid, formed from
||the morula by the divergence of its cells in such a manner as to give
||rise to a central space, around which the cells arrange themselves as
||an envelope; an embryonic form intermediate between the morula and
||gastrula. Sometimes used as synonymous with gastrula.
2. (Zoˆl.) The very young, free- swimming larva of the cúlenterates. It
usually has a flattened oval or oblong form, and is entirely covered
with cilia.
Planx"ty (?), n. [Cf. L. plangere to mourn aloud.] (Mus.) An Irish or
Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character.
Plaque (?), n. [F. Cf. Plack, and see Placard.] Any flat, thin piece of
metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting
pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall;
also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch.
Plash (?), n. [OD. plasch. See Plash, v.] 1. A small pool of standing
water; a puddle. Bacon. "These shallow plashes." Barrow.