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air layering
noun
, Horticulture.
- a method of propagating a plant by girdling or cutting part way into a stem or branch and packing the area with a moist medium, as sphagnum moss, stimulating root formation so that the stem or branch can be removed and grown as an independent plant.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of air layering1
First recorded in 1895–1900; air layer + -ing 1( def )
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