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air layering

noun

Definition of air layering

: vegetative propagation of a plant (as one difficult or impossible to graft or bud) by enclosing a branch or shoot often after wounding or girdling in a moist medium (as sphagnum or soil) until roots have formed, the branch or shoot then being severed to form an independent plant — compare marcottage

First Known Use of air layering

1891, in the meaning defined above

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