单词 | plantable |
释义 | plantableadj. Fit for planting or cultivation; capable of being planted. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > wild and cultivated plants > [adjective] > cultivated or planted > that can be cultivated plantable1640 cultivable1813 growable1881 the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] gainable1480 manurable1600 plantable1640 culturable1642 improvable1653 cultivable1682 wainable1706 cultivatable1761 cultivatible1803 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > [adjective] > plantable plantable1640 planterly1827 1640 in Arch. Maryland (1883) I. 97 A Servant at the end of his Service shall have..fifty acres of land, five whereof at least to be plantable. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 58 Roots of any plantable Fruit. 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. ii. ii. 58 The Land as you go farther from the Sea..becomes of a more plantable Mould. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 17 Taking of such up as are of a plantable size from Hedge-rows and Woods. 1765 Amer. State Papers, Public Lands 5 757 In order to ascertain the quantity of plantable and barren land contained in each grant. 1823 Amer. State Papers, Public Lands 3 845 About one hundred and fifty acres of hammock or plantable land, known formerly by the name of Stewart's swamp. 1921 Glasgow Herald 11 Nov. 6 Edinburgh and Dundee also possess considerable tracts of plantable ground. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Oct. 669/1 The nub of the matter lies in the uses to which those roughly 3 million plantable hectares..of hill land are to be put. 1997 N.Y. Times 22 Apr. a3 (advt.) Come to our fragrance counter and receive a free plantable fir tree sapling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1640 |
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