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underplants

underplants is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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Questions about underplants

What is underplants the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Underplants is the third-person singular simple present indicative of underplant.

Words near underplants in the dictionary

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

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