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to replant

to replant

14 3.3
To put a tree, flower, or seed back into the ground after moving it
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈplænt/
translation icon : replantar
  • But what you can do is that you can replant trees on top of it.
  • replanting trees
  • replanting with resistant varieties
  • replant the pines

It's the seeds that that are replanted next and grow again and we try again.

Examples

  • In Louisiana, sugarcane needs to be replanted every third year, on average.

    Academic text (1996)

  • We decided to replant the flowers in a new area of the garden to give them more sunlight.

  • Once farmers are given seed, they replant it at no cost year after year.

    Blog text (14)

  • Seed by seed, tree by tree, stone by stone, we'll replant Eden together.

    Hellboy (2019)

  • This will help us replant the rice paddies.

    Sick Girl (2007)

  • Now Bree's going to show you how to replant pepper plants.

  • The timber manager would have to find crews and stock to replant the pines soon.

    Academic text (2010)

  • The garden around my father's grave needs to be completely replanted.

    Charlie St. Cloud (2010)

  • The Magnolia Garden Club has to replant the parks that went to weeds during the war.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • Some growers replant these fields with corn that matures in December or January.

    Academic text (1997)

Synonyms

to reforest
vsto replant
1 4.4

To plant trees on land where a forest was cut down or destroyed

applies to planting any vegetation again, not only tree restoration
to reseed
vsto replant
1 4.2

To plant seeds again to restore grass or crops

is not limited to sowing seeds and can include putting whole plants or moving them
to resow
vsto replant
1 5.1

Plant seeds again in the same place when the first ones do not grow

permits planting elsewhere or after disturbance rather than only retrying the same spot
to revegetate
vsto replant
  • Specialized
1 6.8

To make bare land grow plants again

focuses on actively planting again rather than relying on natural regrowth
to re-afforest
vsto replant
  • UK
7.9

To plant trees on land that lost its forest

is a general act of planting again, not limited to forest restoration

How Restored

to restore
234 3.8
to replant
14 3.3
to plant
361 1.0
to sow
45 1.8

Surface Forms

replant infinitive
replanted past
replanted past participle
replanting present participle
replants third person singular

Morphology

replant = plant (transparent) = re + plant

This is a standard and highly recognizable use of the prefix 're-' with the verb 'plant', meaning to plant again or anew.

Etymology

Replant is made of the prefix re- meaning 'again' and the word plant, so it literally means to 'plant again'. That's why to replant something is to put it back in the ground or to plant it in a new place after it was moved or removed.