: an area where plants are grown for commercial or decorative purposes
also
: the plants grown in such an area
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Plan ahead when preparing your planting site.
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
Or use it to form a hedge in wet, challenging planting areas.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
Earlier this month, the FBI arrested the man suspected of planting pipe bombs outside of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
Growers are exposed to a decade of weather, labor and pest risks, which increases the financial uncertainty of any planting season.
—Ali Besharat, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
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Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Dec. 2025
Or use it to form a hedge in wet, challenging planting areas.
—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Dec. 2025
Earlier this month, the FBI arrested the man suspected of planting pipe bombs outside of the Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan. 5, 2021.
—Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 17 Dec. 2025
Growers are exposed to a decade of weather, labor and pest risks, which increases the financial uncertainty of any planting season.
—Ali Besharat, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for planting
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“Planting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planting. Accessed 3 Jan. 2026.
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