misplant
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (General American, verb) IPA(key): /mɪsˈplænt/
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- (General American, noun) IPA(key): /ˈmɪsˌplænt/
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Verb
editmisplant (third-person singular simple present misplants, present participle misplanting, simple past and past participle misplanted)
- (transitive) To plant badly or wrongly.
- 1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy:
- Thou art only misplanted in a base degenerate soil.
Noun
editmisplant (plural misplants)
- Something that has been misplanted.
- A planting that has failed.