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单词 overplanted
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overplantedadj.

Brit. /ˌəʊvəˈplɑːntᵻd/, /ˌəʊvəˈplantᵻd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈplæn(t)əd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, planted adj.
Etymology: < over- prefix + planted adj. Compare later overplant v. 2.
Planted to an excessive extent; in which too many plants have been sown.
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1770 J. Armstrong Misc. II. 239 Some gardens..are so smoothly regular, so over-planted.
1898 H. James Let. 19 Aug. (1920) I. v. 291 Such as there is still somewhere on my jaded palate the power to taste and even a little, over-built and over-planted as I at the best am, to languish for.
1922 Amer. Naturalist 56 148 The strangler trees gaining a foothold in the tropical forest, the fiddler crabs fighting to hold a favorable place on an ocean beach, or the oysters in an overplanted area striving to survive.
1991 A. Booth-Moores Garden Pools, Waterfalls & Fountains (BNC) 60 An over-planted pool detracts from its surroundings.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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