| 单词 | planting ground |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplanting ground planting ground n. (a) a place where crops are planted; (b) a place where oysters are sown or planted. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land raising crops > [noun] > land for sowing or planting seed field1222 planting ground1636 1636 in G. F. Dow Probate Rec. Essex County, Mass. (1916) I. 4 6 acres of planting ground. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. xxix. 354 The planting ground..is divided into large square pieces. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Dec. 234/1 Eventually, with the extension of internal communication and the increased demands for planting-grounds, they secure enormous profits. 1996 Marine Fisheries Rev. (Nexis) 22 Sept. New Jersey's oyster grounds consist of 20,000 acres of public seed beds in the upper narrow portion of the bay, and 30,000 acres of planting grounds in Maurice River Cove. 1999 New Eng. Q. 72 286 Clearly Wadononamin would not have sacrificed such valuable land..unless he had had other planting grounds, habitations, and hunting territory available to him elsewhere. < as lemmas |
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