underplanting

English

Verb

underplanting

  1. present participle and gerund of underplant

Noun

underplanting (plural underplantings)

  1. An arrangement of underplants.
    • 2007 October 19, Paula Deitz, “In Autumn, a Garden Lover’s Thoughts Turn to Kiku”, in New York Times‎:
      The outdoor setting around the lily ponds in the twin courtyards of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is opulent with maples in radiant hues, and a veritable forest of conifers and bamboo with underplantings like bush-clover, silver grass and balloon flowers from the “seven flowers of autumn” cited in early Japanese poems.
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