overplantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

overplant (三人称単数 現在形 overplants, 現在分詞 overplanting, 過去形および過去分詞形 overplanted)

1. (intransitive) To plant too many plants (of any particular crop).

   With choice hybrid seeds being so expensive, it pays not to overplant if you can help it; pick your seed plates carefully.

2. (transitive) To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting.

   Hyponym: oversow

   Growers in the region had overplanted their wheat in a desperate attempt to mitigate slim margins by "making it up on volume".

   He overplanted tobacco in his eagerness for a cash crop with higher margins.

3. (transitive) To plant (a place) with too many plants.

   The entire breadbasket region was overplanted with cultivars that were more disease-prone but had the dubious advantage of lower seed cost.