Meaning of PLANTING
| Pronunciation: | | pl'anting
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- [n] putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; "the planting of corn is hard work"
- [n] the act of fixing firmly in place; "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway"
- [n] a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area; "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner"
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| | See Also: | | accumulation, aggregation, agriculture, assemblage, collection, emplacement, farming, husbandry, insemination, locating, location, placement, position, positioning | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Plant"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for
propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of
plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations,
as of sugar, coffee, etc.
2. That which is planted; a plantation.
Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord.
--Isa. lxi. 3.
3. (Arch.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a
foundation. [Eng.]
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| | Related Terms: | | broadcast, broadcasting, clump, crop, dissemination, growth, hassock, insemination, plantation, reforestation, resetting, retimbering, seeding, semination, setting, sowing, stand, transplantation, tuft, tussock |
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