interplant

1. not comparablebusinessBetween manufacturing plants or divisions.

   In interplant and interdepartmental shipments, it has been found that the cost of packaging is prohibitive where the articles or bodies of merchandise are individually crated or cased.

   1935, Roy C. Ingersoll, "Ring for Packaging," US Patent 2119745 http://www.google.com/patents?id=-dpIAAAAEBAJ, page 2

2. not comparableagricultureBetween plants.

   the patented machine functions to deposit the plants onto the field at only one fixed spatial relationship whereby the machine cannot accommodate different crops and/or different growing conditions wherein different interplant spacings might be required.

   1977, Lawrence L. Ingram et al., "Transplanting apparatus," US Patent 4104975, page 8

present singular third person interplants · participle present interplanting · participle past interplanted · past interplanted

1. agricultureTo alternate plantings of two or more species, either spatially or temporally.

   Near-synonyms: intercrop, intersow

   1 more example

   The most extensive of these field tests was conducted in a 5-acre young apple orchard temporarily interplanted, as is frequently the custom, with peach trees.

   1931, Wendell H. Tisdale, "Insect Repellent," US Patent 2205232 http://www.google.com/patents?id=JFplAAAAEBAJ, page 4

   Synonyms: intercrop, intersow