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replanted

[ree-plant, -plahnt] Origin

re·plant

[ree-plant, -plahnt]
verb (used with object)
1.
to plant again.
2.
to cover again with plants, sow with seeds, etc.: After the drought, we had to replant the south lawn.
3.
to transfer (a plant) from one soil or container to another.
4.
Surgery. to reattach, as a severed arm, finger, or toe, especially with the use of microsurgery to reconnect nerves and blood vessels.

Origin:
1565–75; re- + plant

re·plan·ta·tion [ree-plan-tey-shuhn] , noun
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Replanted is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Word Origin & History

replant
1575, from re- "back, again" + plant (v.) (q.v.).
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replant re·plant (rē-plānt')
v. re·plant·ed, re·plant·ing, re·plants
To reattach an organ, limb, or other body part surgically to the original site. n. (rē'plānt')
An organ, limb, or body part that has been replanted.

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