replant

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/ɹiːˈplænt//ɹiːˈplɑːnt//ˈɹiːplænt//ˈɹiːplɑːnt/

verb

To plant again, especially to plant in a different place, using different plants, or in a different design.

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Meanings

verbreplant (third-person singular simple present replants, present participle replanting, simple past and past participle replanted)

present singular third person replants · participle present replanting · participle past replanted · past replanted

  1. To plant again, especially to plant in a different place, using different plants, or in a different design.
    1 more example

    As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field. In Paris 22 hectares of roof have been planted, out of a potential total of 80 hectares.

    2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30
nounreplant (plural replants)

plural replants

  1. The act of planting again.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
  10. Proto-Italic*plāntā?
  11. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
  13. Proto-Italic*plānktā
  14. Latinplanta
  15. Proto-West Germanic*plantu
  16. Old Englishplante
  17. Middle Englishplante
  18. Englishplant
  19. Englishreplant

From re- + plant.

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Translations

Spanish resembrar
  • resembrarreplant

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

replant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replant

MLA

“replant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “replant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replant.

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