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underplant

underplant verb: to plant underneath.

Verb

underplant (third-person singular simple present underplants, present participle underplanting, simple past and past participle underplanted)

  1. (transitive) To plant underneath.
    • Such small, exquisite enclosures as the Sundial Garden beside the house, planted by Mr. Howard with near-black and white perennials chosen to bloom sequentially for 10 months of the year, or the Azalea Walk, with its underplanting of bulbs and season-extending clematis, cannot take care of...2007 August 23, Charles Elliott, “Organic Looks Easy, if You’ve Got a Royal Staff”, in New York Times
  2. (transitive) To plant too little of.

Noun

underplant (plural underplants)

  1. A plant that has been planted underneath others.

Forms of underplant

Verb
third-person singular presentunderplants
present participleunderplanting
past participleunderplanted
pastunderplanted
Noun
pluralunderplants

Origin of underplant

From under- + plant.

Questions about underplant

What does underplant mean?
Underplant means to plant underneath.
What part of speech is underplant?
Underplant can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of underplant?
The past tense of underplant is underplanted.

Words near underplant in the dictionary

  1. underplacing
  2. underplan
  3. underplanned
  4. underplanning
  5. underplans
  6. underplant
  7. underplanted
  8. underplanting
  9. underplantings
  10. underplants
  11. underplate

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