planting

Plant"ing, n. 1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc. 2. That which is planted; a plantation. Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord. Isa. lxi. 3. 3. (Arch.) Defn: The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. [Eng.]

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