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overplant

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As a verb, overplant means plant too many plants (of any particular crop).

Meanings of overplant

3 meanings

verb

  1. To plant too many plants (of any particular crop).

    “With choice hybrid seeds being so expensive, it pays not to overplant if you can help it; pick your seed plates carefully.”

  2. To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting.

    “Growers in the region had overplanted their wheat in a desperate attempt to mitigate slim margins by "making it up on volume".”

    “He overplanted tobacco in his eagerness for a cash crop with higher margins.”

  3. To plant (a place) with too many plants.

    “The entire breadbasket region was overplanted with cultivars that were more disease-prone but had the dubious advantage of lower seed cost.”

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