misplant

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ plant.

Pronunciation

Verb

misplant (third-person singular simple present misplants, present participle misplanting, simple past and past participle misplanted)

  1. (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

misplant (plural misplants)

  1. Something that has been misplanted.
  2. A planting that has failed.

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