: an area where plants are grown for commercial or decorative purposes
also
: the plants grown in such an area
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Coyotes travel differently each year depending on their populations, crop plantings, logging operations, snow depth, and deer movement.
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Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Rosewood Bermuda launched this initiative to support organizations that actively engage in environmental stewardship, partnering with the Bermuda National Trust to raise funds that enable planting of Bermuda Cedar trees within the nature reserves maintained throughout the island.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
There’s a different standard for on-site plantings versus off-site ones.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
His pitch encountered initial resistance from potential members, given the arithmetic: Twenty percent higher costs for planting, while yielding 25 percent less coffee.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Skye Goode, Outdoor Life, 27 Feb. 2025
Rosewood Bermuda launched this initiative to support organizations that actively engage in environmental stewardship, partnering with the Bermuda National Trust to raise funds that enable planting of Bermuda Cedar trees within the nature reserves maintained throughout the island.
—Claudia Alarcón, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
There’s a different standard for on-site plantings versus off-site ones.
—Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2025
His pitch encountered initial resistance from potential members, given the arithmetic: Twenty percent higher costs for planting, while yielding 25 percent less coffee.
—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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“Planting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planting. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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