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interplant, v.|ɪntəˈplɑːnt, -æ-|
[f. inter- 1 a + plant v.]
trans. To plant (land) so that it is occupied by a mixture of plant species; to plant (a specified crop) with another crop. Hence interˈplanting vbl. n. So ˈinterplant n., a plant growing among others of different species.
1927Daily Tel. 11 May 3/4 Included in the 1,442 acres of rubber were 98 acres which were interplanted with coffee. 1942R.A.F. Jrnl. 30 May 27 Fill every inch of space by inter-planting one crop with another. This principle has already been illustrated by interplanting early potatoes with winter greens. 1950N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. LXXX. 539/1 Other interplants are chiefly peaches. 1966Webster & Wilson Agric. in Tropics x. 230 Interplanting with suitable crops, in a manner which maintains fertility and avoids competition, may be profitable. 1969G. Wrigley Tropical Agric. (ed. 2) ii. 119 On the fertile soils of East Africa bananas are interplanted with coffee. 1971Countryman LXXVI. iv. 109 Interplant them with dark purple tulips, or white splashed with purple, to give spring interest. |