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pianta

plant

noun PYAHN-tah Less Common
Animals & Nature Plants

Origin: from Latin planta 'sole of the foot, sprout'

Also means

floor plan

Usage Note

Pianta is a living plant but also an architectural floor plan or map, as in la pianta della città. It survives in the curious phrase in pianta stabile ('on a permanent basis'); the plural is piante.

Examples

"Innaffio la pianta ogni giorno."

Natural Translation

I water the plant every day.

Literal Translation

I-water the plant every day.

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