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miswater en · VERB

Etymology

From mis- + water.

Meanings

1. To water badly; to underwater, overwater or water at the wrong times.
   • Sometimes you may miswater a plant, but one mistake is never fatal. 1985, David L. Hamilton, Maintenance Techniques for Interior Plants, page 1:
   • As a further guide, however, the principal effects of miswatering are summarised below: 1974, The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain, page 13:
   • Those plants are planted in Jardinier subirrigated containers, where they live longer because plants are less likely to be miswatered. 1993, Greenhouse Manager - Volume 12, page 39:
   • Instead, there's a whole slew of little ways beginners can mis'''water, turning on the spigot when they think they should rather than when the plants actually need it. 1998, Pat Stone, Easy Gardening 101, page 70:

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