overplant

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To plant too many plants (of any particular crop). intransitive
    — 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. transitive
    — Growers in the region had overplanted their wheat in a desperate attempt to mitigate slim margins by "making it up on volume".
  3. To plant (a place) with too many plants. transitive
    — The entire breadbasket region was overplanted with cultivars that were more disease-prone but had the dubious advantage of lower seed cost.

词形变化

overplants present,singular,third-person overplanting participle,present overplanted participle,past overplanted past

词汇关系

相关词
overseed

词源

From over- + plant.
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