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underplant

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From under- + plant.

verb underplants · underplanting · underplanted

  1. transitive To plant underneath. Such small, exquisite enclosures as the Sundial Garden beside the house, planted by Mr. Howard with near-black and white perennials chosen to bloom sequentially for 10 months of the year, or the Azalea Walk, with its underplanting of bulbs and season-extending clematis, cannot take care of themselve
  2. transitive To plant too little of.

noun underplants

  1. A plant that has been planted underneath others.

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@misc{underplant_2026,
  title = {underplant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/underplant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}