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单词 planter
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planter

/ˈplɑːntə /
noun
1 [often with modifier] A manager or owner of a plantation: wealthy coffee planters...
  • On the eve of the Civil War Louisiana's sugar planter elite was composed of 525 owners of at least 50 slaves who resided in a thirteen-parish area south of Baton Rouge.
  • This was one appointment that a gold dealer and coffee planter from Kalpetta did not want to miss.
  • Traditionally the sugar planter was both farmer and manufacturer.
2A machine or person that plants seeds, bulbs, etc.If you prefer a more formal look of rows, you may wish to invest in a bulb planter....
  • Seed disks on pneumatic planters wear with use and mold themselves to the particular meter they are employed on.
  • Older John Deere 7000 planters sometimes put seeds almost on top in lumpy spots while dropping them in just right where the soil is softer.
2.1A decorative container in which plants are grown: hanging baskets, tubs, and planters...
  • Butterflies and hummingbirds will be attracted to windows box planters or containers of bright flowers.
  • Elsewhere, grow it in a planter and winter it indoors (treat it first with insecticidal soap, as it's prone to whiteflies and spider mites).
  • You'll usually find wooden casks, traditional pots and planters, whiskey barrels and many other offerings.
3(In Irish history) an English or Scottish settler on confiscated land during the 17th century.This castle, built in 1622, stands in stark contrast to the English and Scottish architecture of the planters further west in the province....
  • The Protestant planters and their co-religionists settled on the right, in both senses, bank of the River Foyle, a well-situated salubrious suburb called Waterside.
  • The capital of Northern Ireland was settled in the early 17c with planters mainly from England.

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