planting

noun

plant·​ing ˈplan-tiŋ How to pronounce planting (audio)
: an area where plants are grown for commercial or decorative purposes
also : the plants grown in such an area

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Thus, even if a farmer primarily relied on corn for sustenance and/or trade, planting beans and squash alongside the maize increased the nutritive value of the same area. JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025 Follow the same timing and guidelines to clean up the planting surface of the container. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2025 There will also be raffle draws and tree planting demonstrations. Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025 The Santa Barbara daisy, which is actually native to Mexico and Central America, is meant not only for sunny garden, block wall, or walkway border planting, but tolerates a fair dose of shade as well as poor soil and drought. Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for planting

Word History

First Known Use

1535, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of planting was in 1535

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“Planting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planting. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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