Lewis & Short

dē-planto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

  1. I. To take off a twig or shoot.
    1. A. Prop., Varr. R. R. 1, 40, 4: virgulas de cytiso, id. ib. 1, 43.
    2. B. Transf., to break off: ramum, Col. 2, 2, 26.
  2. II. = demitto, to set in the ground, to plant, Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 121; 17, 20, 33, § 146; cf. Voss. ad Verg. G. 2, 65.