underplant

present singular third person underplants · participle present underplanting · participle past underplanted · past underplanted

1. transitiveTo plant underneath.

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   Such small, exquisite enclosures as the Sundial Garden beside the house, planted by Mr. Howard with near-black and white perennials chosen to bloom sequentially for 10 months of the year, or the Azalea Walk, with its underplanting of bulbs and season-extending clematis, cannot take care of themselves.

   2007 August 23, Charles Elliott, “Organic Looks Easy, if You’ve Got a Royal Staff”, in New York Times

2. transitiveTo plant too little of.

plural underplants

1. A plant that has been planted underneath others.