superplant

noun7

1. •
   A plant that is particularly robust and which thrives in poor growing conditions or dominates an ecosystem.

   • A lot of your early field research was in the desert, and one plant that you studied was creosote, which you have called "the superplant of the desert." — 1996
2. •
   A plant that is created through unnatural means, such as genetic engineering, to be stronger than others.

   • An artist's fanciful conception of a superplant of the future produced through the processes of DNA technology. — 2000
3. •
   A plant that is unusual in its ability to perform an especially useful function
4. •
   A plant that can be eaten for particular health benefits or particularly high nutritional value; a superfood.

   • Parsley may look like a mild-mannered garnish, but inside lurks the nutrient content of a “superplant.” — 2005
5. •
   A manufacturing plant that is particularly large and efficient, especially one that combines functions normally handled in separate plants.

   • While the consensus definitely is that none of these problems are insurmountable a MHD system can evidently not immediately be incorporated into the power core of the proposed superplant. — 1980
6. •
   A type of prosthesis composed of a fixed saddle rigidly connected to one or more abutments, especially one with subperiosteal implants.

   • In a unilateral superplant, where there are two abutment teeth, often two teeth can be placed on the saddle without using an implant. — 1961
7. •
   (no longer used) A plant growing on another, such as the mistletoe; an epiphyte.

   • Experiments in consort touching the rudiments of plants ; and of the excrescences of plants , or superplants — 1627