Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In forestry to plant (young trees) under an existing stand.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb (Forestry) To plant under
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
plant underneath . - noun A plant that has been planted underneath others.
Etymologies
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under- + plant
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Examples
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Pineapple sage makes a good underplant for lilies, to hide their ankles after the blooms fade.
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Hi Frances, I can definitely see the appeal of turning peegees into standards and being able to underplant them.
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It is not necessary to underplant the woodlot with big trees.
Studies of Trees Jacob Joshua Levison
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Using a small area of about one eighth of an acre, Dr. Diller's plan is to girdle all the trees and then underplant with chestnut seedlings.
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I’ve never seen butterfly bushes pruned and trained this way–I like the idea that then you can underplant them.
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