unplant
English
Etymology
un- + plant
Verb
unplant (third-person singular simple present unplants, present participle unplanting, simple past and past participle unplanted)
- (transitive) To dig up and remove (something planted).
- 1986, Scottish Field (volume 132, page xx)
- But if you then decide you can afford to plant the trees anyway, whatever the effect on the landscape, flora and fauna, nobody can stop you — and again, no-one is going to ask you to unplant them once they're in the ground.
- 2003, Barbara Damrosch, The Garden Primer (page 5)
- Anything you build or plant on your neighbor's land you might have to unbuild or unplant in the future.
- 1986, Scottish Field (volume 132, page xx)