overplant.
To plant too many plants (of any particular crop).
Meaning & usage
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.
To plant too many of (some kind of plant), whether by sowing or by transplanting.
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.
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.
Where this word comes from
From over- + plant.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.