In interplant and interdepartmental shipments, it has been found that the cost of packaging is prohibitive where the articles or bodies of merchandise are individually crated or cased.1935, Roy C. Ingersoll, "Ring for Packaging," US Patent 2119745 http://www.google.com/patents?id=-dpIAAAAEBAJ, page 2
the patented machine functions to deposit the plants onto the field at only one fixed spatial relationship whereby the machine cannot accommodate different crops and/or different growing conditions wherein different interplant spacings might be required.1977, Lawrence L. Ingram et al., "Transplanting apparatus," US Patent 4104975, page 8
Etymology From inter- + plant. Piecewise doublet of interclan.
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Agriculture, Business, Lifestyle To alternate plantings of two or more species, either spatially or temporally.
Near-synonym: intersow
The most extensive of these field tests was conducted in a 5-acre young apple orchard temporarily interplanted, as is frequently the custom, with peach trees.1931, Wendell H. Tisdale, "Insect Repellent," US Patent 2205232 http://www.google.com/patents?id=JFplAAAAEBAJ, page 4