Meaning & use

Replant

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To plant something again in the same or a different location.

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After the storm knocked down the tree, they decided to replant a sapling nearby.

Farmers had to replant entire fields after the late frost killed the seedlings.

A note on using this word

In medicine, "replant" also describes surgically reattaching a severed body part, such as a finger.

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Another way to use it

2. verb

To surgically reattach a body part that has been severed.

Surgeons worked for hours to replant the worker's severed thumb.

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