misplantv.
/ˌmɪsˈplɑːnt/, /mɪsˈplant/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈplænt/ 1. transitive. To plant inappropriately or wrongly.
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1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes ii. i. 11 Thou art..Misplanted in a base degenerate Soil.
1885 ‘M. Field’ William Rufus iv. iii, in Father's Trag. 109 Fortune..misplants her crops that all in the soil of circumstance may receive the discipline of adversity.
1985 Jrnl. Ecol. 73 223 Salvia and Linum were reciprocally misplanted in adjacent radii.
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1767 H. Fergusson Dict. Terms Small Sword 13 To Misplant, not to direct any thrust properly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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