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transplanter

transplanter

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A machine that puts young plants into the soil
  • noun
  • /trænsˈplæntər/
  • Specialized
: máquina trasplantadora
  • Engineers tested the prototype transplanter in varied soil types before the harvest season.

Examples

  • Modern transplanters can plant thousands of seedlings per hour with minimal human supervision.

  • The farm installed a new transplanter to speed up rice planting across the flooded paddies.

  • The transplanter efficiently moved the seedlings into the field.

  • Farmers often use a transplanter to save time.

  • The farmer used a transplanter to efficiently plant thousands of seedlings in his fields.

  • After preparing the soil, she operated the transplanter to ensure the young plants are placed at the correct depth.

  • Using a transplanter allowed him to save time and labor while putting new crops into the ground.

Surface Forms

transplanter singular
transplanters plural

Morphology

transplanter = transplant (transparent) = transplant + er

Agentive '-er' applied to 'transplant' yields an entity that performs transplanting; this extends naturally to a machine performing the action.

Etymology

The word transplanter comes from the parts trans- meaning 'across' and plant meaning 'a plant' or 'young plant', and it works the same for machines: a transplanter is a machine that moves seedlings 'across' a field and plants them into the soil quickly.