Horticulture. A tree or shrub growing on an erect stem of full height and standing alone without support. Also: a shrub grafted on an upright stem…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by habit > tree or woody plant > cultivated or valued > [noun] > fruit-tree > wall-tree or standard (11) standard1625 Horticulture. A tree or shrub growing on an erect stem of full height and standing alone without support. Also: a shrub grafted on an upright stem… wall-tree1653 a fruit tree planted against and trained upon a wall; also attributive. stander1660 A tree or shrub growing on an erect stem of full height and standing alone without support. Also: a shrub grafted on an upright stem and trained… espalier1664 A fruit tree trained on a lattice, usually of woodwork, or on stakes. wall-fruit1669 the fruit of trees grown against a wall; also a fruit tree so grown; also attributive, as wall-fruit tree. mural1684 A fruit tree grown against and fastened to a wall. Cf. mural, adj.1 2b. Obsolete. waller1688 A wall-tree. wall1707 Short for. wall-tree. cordon1878 Horticulture. A fruit tree made by pruning to grow as a single stem (usually as an espalier or wall tree). Hence cordon-trained, cordon tree. spalliard1888 = espalier, n. 2. Subcategories:— row of fruit-trees trained on lattices (1) |
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