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interplant

interplant adjective: between manufacturing plants or divisions.

Adjective

interplant (not comparable)

  1. Between manufacturing plants or divisions.
    • In interplant and interdepartmental shipments, it has been found that the cost of packaging is prohibitive where the articles or bodies of merchandise are individually crated or cased.1935, Roy C. Ingersoll, "Ring for Packaging," US Patent 2119745 http://www.google.com/patents?id=-dpIAAAAEBAJ, page 2
  2. Between plants.
    • the patented machine functions to deposit the plants onto the field at only one fixed spatial relationship whereby the machine cannot accommodate different crops and/or different growing conditions wherein different interplant spacings might be required.1977, Lawrence L. Ingram et al., "Transplanting apparatus," US Patent 4104975, page 8

Verb

interplant (third-person singular simple present interplants, present participle interplanting, simple past and past participle interplanted)

  1. To alternate plantings of two or more species, either spatially or temporally.
    • Near-synonyms: intercrop, intersow
    • The most extensive of these field tests was conducted in a 5-acre young apple orchard temporarily interplanted, as is frequently the custom, with peach trees.1931, Wendell H. Tisdale, "Insect Repellent," US Patent 2205232 http://www.google.com/patents?id=JFplAAAAEBAJ, page 4
    Synonyms:
    intercrop, intersow

Synonyms of interplant

Forms of interplant

third-person singular presentinterplants
present participleinterplanting
past participleinterplanted
pastinterplanted

Origin of interplant

From inter- + plant. Piecewise doublet of interclan.

Words formed from interplant

Phrases with interplant

Questions about interplant

What does interplant mean?
Interplant means between manufacturing plants or divisions.
What part of speech is interplant?
Interplant can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near interplant in the dictionary

  1. interplanetarian
  2. interplanetarily
  3. interplanetary
  4. interplanetary medium
  5. interplanetary space
  6. interplant
  7. interplant distance
  8. interplant distances
  9. interplanted
  10. interplanting
  11. interplantings

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