pllànte
Norman
Alternative forms
pliante
(
Jersey
)
pllaunte
(
continental
)
pyãt
(
Sark
)
Etymology
From
Old French
plante
, from
Latin
planta
.
Noun
pllànte
f
(
plural
pllàntes
)
(
Guernsey
)
plant
1903
, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in
Guernsey Folk Lore
[1]
, pages
535-536
:
De la St. Michel à Noué un
pllante
ne sait pas chu que nou li fait.
From Michaelmas to Christmas a
plant
does not know what you do to it.