单词 | underplant |
释义 | underplantv. transitive. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > exchange > substitution > supplanting or replacement > supplant, replace [verb (transitive)] fulfila1200 underplantc1200 supplanta1398 subplanta1425 recompense?a1439 supply1567 bestead1596 second1600 reimplace1611 transplace1621 displant1630 succenturiate1650 supersede1657 substitute1675 recruit1711 replace1753 displace1774 substitute1775 supplace1777 outplace1928 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant plants [verb (transitive)] > underplant underplant1538 c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 151 Iacob on boc leden is icleped on englisse under-plantere of fule custumes [L. supplantator viciorum],..and rithliche.., for he under-plantede [L. supplantavit] fule custumes..mid his clenliche liflode. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Supplantare,..to vnderplante or set a tree or vyne. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Sotto piantare, to vnder-plant, to vnderset, to vnderprop. b. To plant or cultivate the ground about (a tall plant) with smaller ones. Chiefly as underˈplanted adj. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > [adjective] > underplanted underplanted1891 1891 W. Schlich Man. Forestry II. iv. 244 Oak woods should be underplanted when the process of opening out has set in. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. Underplant,..to plant (young trees) under an existing stand. 1959 Geogr. Rev. 49 29 Clumps and spinneys were underplanted with evergreens. 1962 R. Page Educ. Gardener iii. 101 There were a few old trees which Duchêne had underplanted with yews. 1962 R. Page Educ. Gardener xi. 302 The cypresses are underplanted with sheets of the bright gentian blue echium. 1971 Guardian 17 Apr. 7/7 We plan..to underplant a bush of Spirea arguta..with the pale lemon tulip. 1980 Amateur Gardening 25 Oct. 24/2 Transform a corner into a mini-woodland garden with light foliage trees, such as silver birch, underplanted with small flowered daffodil varieties. Derivatives Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > removal from office or authority > [noun] > one who removes underplanterc1200 supplantera1627 deposer1639 cashierer1790 c1200 [see sense a]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.c1200 |
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