planting (n.)

  1. the act of fixing firmly in place; he ordered the planting of policemen outside every doorway'

  2. a collection of plants (trees or shrubs or flowers) in a particular area; the landscape architect suggested a small planting in the northwest corner'

  3. putting seeds or young plants in the ground to grow; the planting of corn is hard work'

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