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overplant

  • a word derived from plant.
    plant
    noun
    any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that have more or less rigid cell walls containing cellulose, including vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts: some classification schemes may include fungi, algae, bacteria, and certain single-celled eukaryotes that have plantlike qualities, as rigid cell walls or the use of photosynthesis.

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I think it means that the owners haven’t yet had time to overplant the austere space left behind by their landscape architect.

From Seattle Times Jun. 25, 2022

Janet Endsley, seminar manager for the Northwest Flower & Garden Show, deals with her tendency to overplant by deleting plants that clamor for attention.

From Seattle Times Jun. 25, 2022

They fear that the current coffee shortage will lead other farmers to overplant, thereby producing a future surplus and a resulting collapse in the coffee market.

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