interplantv.
/ɪntəˈplɑːnt//ɪntəˈplant/ transitive. To plant (land) so that it is occupied by a mixture of plant species; to plant (a specified crop) with another crop.
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interplant1927
1927 Daily Tel. 11 May 3/4 Included in the 1,442 acres of rubber were 98 acres which were interplanted with coffee.
1969 G. Wrigley Tropical Agric. (ed. 2) ii. 119 On the fertile soils of East Africa bananas are interplanted with coffee.
1971 Countryman LXXVI. iv. 109 Interplant them with dark purple tulips, or white splashed with purple, to give spring interest.
Derivatives
ˈinterplant n. a plant growing among others of different species.
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the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [noun] > cultivated or planted > that grows among others of different species
interplant1950
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. 80 539/1 Other interplants are chiefly peaches.
interˈplanting n.
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1942 R.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.
1966 C. C. Webster & P. N. Wilson Agric. in Tropics x. 230 Interplanting with suitable crops, in a manner which maintains fertility and avoids competition, may be profitable.
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