Underplant
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A plant that has been planted underneath others.
- 1 To plant underneath. transitive
"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 themselves."
- 2 To plant too little of. transitive
Example
More examples"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 themselves."
Etymology
From under- + plant.
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