Layering – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
layering
n.
process of pouring many layers of soap (in soap making); method of inducing a twig to root while still attached to the parent plant (Gardening); conduct involving incorrectly changing or layering clothes on top of each other
layer
v.
induce a twig to root while still attached to the parent plant (Gardening); arrange in layers; cut in layers (as of hair)
Layering
Layering is a means of
plant propagation in which a portion of an aerial
stem grows
roots while still attached to the parent plant and then detaches as an independent plant. Layering has evolved as a common means of vegetative propagation of numerous species in natural environments. Layering is also utilized by horticulturists to propagate desirable plants.
layer
Noun
1. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
(synonym) bed
(hypernym) sheet, flat solid
(hyponym) backing, mount
(part-holonym) laminate
2. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
(hypernym) region, part
(hyponym) stratum
3. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
(synonym) level, stratum
(hypernym) place
4. a hen that lays eggs
(hypernym) hen, biddy
(derivation) lay
5. thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
(hypernym) structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
(hyponym) blastoderm, germinal disc, blastodisc, germinal area
Verb
1. make or form a layer; "layer the different colored sands"
(hypernym) form
layer
v.
(na)vrstvit
Layering
(n.)
A propagating by layers.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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