to transplant
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3.7
- verb
- /trænsˈplænt/
- Five-week-old rice seedlings were transplanted at the rate of three seedlings per pot.
- transplant plants
- transplant rice
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Watch on YouTubeHowever, even though it's ready to be transplanted, it's still a little floppy.
- However, even though it's ready to be transplanted, it's still a little floppy.
- So these were sewn September, transplanted October.
Examples
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However, once it's transplanted, it goes through that shock.
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Then, come spring, I will transplant them outside to my vegetable garden.
Blog text (31) -
Then I transplanted the beach rose, one of a pair I bought.
Fiction book (1995) -
In fact, later today I plan to transplant several herb plants into larger pots.
Blog text (5) -
Neither I nor any of my colleagues has ever transplanted any human genes into any other animal.
Fiction book (2000) -
A couple of days ago, my wife transplanted them into a balanced professional nursery seedling mix.
Blog text (8) -
Rice seedlings (14 days old) were transplanted during the second week of July for both years.
Academic text (2014) -
Sultan cut branches from the nim and transplanted them into little pots with earth he dug out from his garden.
Fiction book (1995) -
To ensure the plant thrives, you should carefully transplant it to a larger pot when it outgrows its current home.
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Gardeners often transplant seedlings in the spring to give them the best chance to grow in the new environment.
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.6
A medical operation to move a healthy organ from one person into another who needs it
- Specialized
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4.2
A surgery that replaces a damaged cornea in the eye with healthy tissue from a donor
How Well
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3.2
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4.1
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3.7
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3.0
- Formal
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6.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transplant comes from the Latin parts trans- 'across' and plantare 'to plant', like the simple word plant. A helpful way to remember this sense is to think of a plant moved to a new spot—if it can 'transplant', it can live and grow after being moved.