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underplanting

underplanting is the present participle and gerund of underplant.

Meaning of underplant

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.

See all 3 meanings of underplant

Noun

underplanting (plural underplantings)

  1. An arrangement of underplants.
    • The outdoor setting around the lily ponds in the twin courtyards of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is opulent with maples in radiant hues, and a veritable forest of conifers and bamboo with underplantings like bush-clover, silver grass and balloon flowers from the “seven flowers of autumn” cited in...2007 October 19, Paula Deitz, “In Autumn, a Garden Lover’s Thoughts Turn to Kiku”, in New York Times

Forms of underplanting

pluralunderplantings

Questions about underplanting

What does underplanting mean?
Underplanting means an arrangement of underplants.
What is underplanting the present participle and gerund of?
Underplanting is the present participle and gerund of underplant.
What part of speech is underplanting?
Underplanting is a noun.
What is the plural of underplanting?
The plural of underplanting is underplantings.

Words near underplanting in the dictionary

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

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