stem cutting

  • 1stem cutting — noun : a piece of a plant stem or branch including at least one node used in propagation …

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  • 2Cutting (plant) — Rooting redirects here. For the Android OS concept, see Rooting (Android OS). Plant cuttings can be taken by cutting a stem of a plant, or a single leaf. Plant cutting, also known as striking or cloning, is a technique for vegetatively… …

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  • 3cutting — cuttingly, adv. cuttingness, n. /kut ing/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that cuts. 2. something cut, cut off, or cut out. 3. Hort. a piece, as a root, stem, or leaf, cut from a plant and used for propagation. 4. something made by cutting,… …

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  • 4cutting — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 piece cut off from a plant ADJECTIVE ▪ leaf, root, stem VERB + CUTTING ▪ take CUTTING + VERB ▪ ro …

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  • 5cutting — 1 noun (C) 1 a stem or leaf that is cut from a plant and put in soil or water to grow into a new plant 2 BrE a piece of writing that is cut from a newspaper, magazine etc; clipping (1) AmE: press/newspaper cuttings: Margot had sent him a bunch of …

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  • 6cutting — I. noun Date: 14th century 1. something cut or cut off or out: as a. a plant section originating from stem, leaf, or root and capable of developing into a new plant b. harvest 2. something made by cutting; especially record 4 II. adjective …

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  • 7stem — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, Maypole, V, accidence, accrue from, adjutage, advance, affiliation, affix, affixation, affront, allomorph, animal kingdom, ankle, antagonize, anthrophore, apparentation, arise, arise from, arrest, ascender …

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  • 8cutting — cut|ting1 [ˈkʌtıŋ] n 1.) a stem or leaf that is cut from a plant and put in soil or water to grow into a new plant 2.) BrE an article that has been cut from a newspaper or magazine = ↑clipping press/newspaper cuttings ▪ Margot sent him some press …

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  • 9cutting — cut•ting [[t]ˈkʌt ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the act of one that cuts 2) something cut, cut off, or cut out 3) bot a piece, as a root, stem, or leaf, cut from a plant for propagation 4) cvb something made by cutting, as a recording 5) brit. a clipping from a… …

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  • 10cutting — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, Siberian, abbreviation, abscission, accidence, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acid, acidic, acidulent, acidulous, acrid, acrimonious, acute, adulteration, affix, affixation, algid, allomorph, amphibian,… …

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