replant
verb
re·plant
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replanted;
replanting;
replants
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At some point, phylloxera will spread to various other locations, and vineyards will have to be methodically replanted with wise choices of rootstock. — Michael Alberty | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, "Walla Walla vineyards face threat of phylloxera, insect that ruins grapevine production," 4 Sep. 2019 Tropical forests destroyed by fire, logging, land-clearing and roads can be replanted, say ecologists Robin Chazdon and Pedro Brancalion. — Catesby Holmes, The Conversation, "The Amazon is burning: 4 essential reads on Brazil’s vanishing rainforest," 23 Aug. 2019 In June Mr Bolsonaro published a decree which indefinitely extends the 2019 deadline for farmers to begin replanting illegally deforested land. — The Economist, "The Amazon is approaching an irreversible tipping point," 1 Aug. 2019 Lata and her team have been working to identify areas where replanting Saguaros would be successful. — Brieanna J. Frank, azcentral, "As Woodbury Fire continues, Tonto National Forest officials assess damage to native vegetation," 24 June 2019 The city plans to salvage and repurpose part of the tree trunk and will also replant a replacement in the area. — Caitlin O'kane, CBS News, "The tree that inspired Dr. Seuss' "The Lorax" has fallen over," 17 June 2019 Husband-and-wife team Allison and Adam Messner came up with the idea for Yardzen after they were faced with replanting their backyard when it was destroyed by the California wildfires of 2017. — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, "This Service Makes Redoing Your Backyard SO Easy," 3 May 2019 In order to use turf that was well established on site, a sod-cutter sliced two of the club’s existing putting greens into blocks of sod that were replanted to create the new 7th and 8th greens. — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, "Lugging the British Open Across the Irish Sea," 20 July 2019 That discovery has already helped to increase the supply of plants, some of which have been replanted to the wild, in places like the panther refuge. — Douglas Main, National Geographic, "Discovery reveals secrets about how ghost orchids reproduce," 11 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'replant.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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replant
transitive verb
re·plant
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Medical Definition of replant
: to subject to replantation
replant an avulsed tooth