About The Word Planting
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Planting
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What's The Definition Of Planting?
[n] putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; "the planting of corn is hard work"
[n] the act of fixing firmly in place; "he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway" [n] a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area; "the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner" Synonyms | Synonyms for Planting: Related Terms | Find terms related to Planting: broadcast | broadcasting | clump | crop | dissemination | growth | hassock | insemination | plantation | reforestation | resetting | retimbering | seeding | semination | setting | sowing | stand | transplantation | tuft | tussock See Also | accumulation | aggregation | agriculture | assemblage | collection | emplacement | farming | husbandry | insemination | locating | location | placement | position | positioning Planting In Webster's Dictionary \Plant"ing\, n.
1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for
propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of
plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations,
as of sugar, coffee, etc.
2. That which is planted; a plantation.
Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord.
--Isa. lxi. 3.
3. (Arch.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a
foundation. [Eng.]
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