planter
planter Lexical Profile
planter Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A decorative container, often relatively large, in which ornamental plants are grown indoors or outdoors.
"She placed a large terracotta planter filled with blooming geraniums on the front porch."
An agricultural implement or machine, typically drawn by a tractor, used for sowing seeds into the ground at precise intervals.
"The farmer attached the mechanical corn planter to the back of his tractor before heading into the fields for the spring sowing."
A person who owns or manages a plantation, typically overseeing the cultivation of cash crops such as cotton, sugar, tea, or tobacco.
"During the 19th century, wealthy sugar planters wielded significant political power in the colonial economy."
• Rhymes for planter
Word Origin & Etymology
From Middle English 'planter', derived from the Old English 'plantian' (to plant) and Latin 'plantare', combined with the agent suffix '-er'.
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