Planting /(?)/

Plant·ing

Planting

n.
  1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc.
  2. That which is planted; a plantation.
    Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord.
    — Isa. lxi. 3.
  3. The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. (Arch.) [Eng.]