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L., ix. 419. In Aprill they begin to plant, but their chiefe planta tion is in May, and so they continue till the midst of Iune. Quoted in Capt . John Smith's Works, I. 126. (ct) An original settlement in a new country; a colony: as, Rhode Island and Providence plantations . We kept a day of thanksgiving in all the plantations . Winthrop, Hist. New England, I. 35. 5. In Maine and New Hampshire, an unorganized and thinly settled division of a county. 6. An oyster-bed in which the oysters have been artificially planted; a cultivated area of oyster-bottom: a legal term in the State of Delaware.-Council of Plantations, in Eng . hist ., a committee of the Privy Council, established in the reign of Charles 11., for supervision of the colonies (or foreign plantations): it was soon united with the Board of Trade. In the eighteenth century colonial affairs pa ed to a separate administration. plantation-mill (plan-ta's hon-mil), n. Any one of variously constructed mills adapted for use on a plantation or farm for grinding oats, linseed, etc., moved by hand or other power. plant-bug (plant'bug), n. One of many different heteropterous insects which suck the juices of plants. They belong chiefly to the family Capsidæ , as, for example, the tarnished plant-bug, also called Lygus pratensis , Capsus oblineatus , and Phytocoris lineola ris , which does great damage to many different orchard-trees, small fruits, and vegetables in the United States. The dotted plant-bug, a pent a to mid, Euschistus variolar i us or punctipes , is also a general plant feeder, though exceptionally carnivorous. See Nysius and Phy. tocoris. IMG:content-0343.jpg:[graphic] Dotted-legged Plant-bug. (Euschistus punctipes.) (Line shows natural size.) plant-cane (plant'kān), n. The original plants of the sugar-cane, produced from germs placed in the ground; or canes of the first growth, in distinction from the ratoons , or sprouts from the roots of canes which have been cut. [West Indies.] plant-cutter (plant'kut"èr), n. 1. A bird of the family Phytotomidæ .-2. pl . In the early history of Virginia, rioters who went about destroying tobacco-plants. plant-disease (plant'di-zēz"), n. See disease . plant-eating (plant'ē"ting), a. Eating or feeding upon plants; phytophagous; specifically, in entom ., belonging to the Phytophaga . planted (plan'ted), p . a . 1. In joinery , wrought on a separate piece of stuff, and afterward fixed in its place: said of a projecting member: as, a planted molding.-2. Introduced or naturalized; not indigenous. Panel with Planted Moldings.