Plant
Plant verb - To put or set into the ground to grow.
Tend
Tend verb - To look after or assist the growth of by labor and care.
Usage example: lately I haven't been doing a good job of tending my garden
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Spraying becomes a precision and accuracy problem due to the need to kill the extremely tough root of the plant, fire is no longer as effective for the same reason, and while using insects for biological control can work, they tend to be alternately unreliable or slow.
Source: Death World -
Perhaps stemming from the classical Dryad, plant people tend to be women, and very attractive ones at that.
Source: Plant Person -
In fact, not even the Plant Dolls tend to be officially named and are usually referred to by nicknames.
Source: Manga / Plant Dolls
Cite this Source
Tend and Plant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/plant/tend
Plant & Tend. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/plant/tend>.
Tend or Plant. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/plant/tend.
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