planter
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The name comes from an estate built on Maryland’s Eastern Shore in the early years of the 18th century by Philemon Hemsley, a wealthy merchant and tobacco planter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 17, 2026
As a pure planter, the company is expected to benefit from any rise in crude palm oil prices, she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 30, 2025
“I was trying to take a picture of the beautiful turquoise planter at the end of the pool, but the camera was on me, so I just snapped it,” she later told PEOPLE.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
Step inside and you’ll find a turquoise blue midcentury couch on a platform, a curving Dr. Seuss-style tree in a vintage planter and a ’60s-era clear glass ice bucket shaped like a cowboy hat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2025
Norwood returned to Bermuda with his family, becoming a successful planter and devoting his leisure hours to his first love, trigonometry.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
