circumpositionn.
/ˌsəːkəmpəʊˈzɪʃən/ The action of circumposing: see quots.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by layering > building up earth
circumposition1660
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > placing around
circumposition1849–52
1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 59 Circumposition is a kind of laying..In this the mould is born up to the bough which is to be taken off.
1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 116 Dwarf trees made by circumposition.
1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 60 in Sylva Now is your Season for Circumposition by Tubs or Baskets of Earth, and for laying of Branches to take root.
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 154 That the hotter Dungs approach not immediately to their..roots, without such a circumposition of natural Mould.
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 832/1 These cells are designated by the name of globules of circumposition.
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