replant

[ree-plant, -plahnt]

verb (used with object)

1. to plant again.

2. to cover again with plants, sow with seeds, etc..

   After the drought, we had to replant the south lawn.

3. to transfer (a plant) from one soil or container to another.

4. Surgery.,  to reattach, as a severed arm, finger, or toe, especially with the use of microsurgery to reconnect nerves and blood vessels.

replant

/ riːˈplɑːnt /

verb

1. to plant again

   she replanted the bulbs that the dog had dug up

2. to reattach (a severed limb or part) by surgery

Other Word Forms

• replantation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of replant¹

First recorded in 1565–75; re- + plant

Example Sentences

Only later is it replanted in the fields outside.

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As replanting efforts continue, locals and experts are pushing to change the type of trees in their forests.

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It is also considering ripping up and replanting some of the roughly 14,000 planted acres of vineyards it operates around the world, Davis said.

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In exchange, the city’s parkway program provided free native plants suitable for Long Beach to replant the area and mulch to help retain rainwater.

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By removing the drainage tiles buried underground and replanting native trees, wildflowers and grasses, they are strategically turning these parcels back into wetlands.

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