| 单词 | crown grafting |
| 释义 | > as lemmascrown grafting crown grafting n. a method of grafting trees in which the base of one or (often) more scions of a small diameter are inserted under the bark around the stump of a stem or branch of much larger diameter; (also) grafting low on a rootstock, close to the crown of the root. [After French en couronne, describing a method of grafting (in e.g. enter en couronne (1570 in Middle French in Estienne, or earlier), greffer en couronne (1670 or earlier)).] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting > other methods of grafting emplastering?c1425 emplastration?1440 infoliation1577 semination1589 emplaster1601 packing1615 shoulder-grafting1669 side grafting1704 crown grafting1706 root grafting1707 rind grafting1722 tipping1763 saddle grafting1792 wedge-grafting1838 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. ii. xii. 159 I shall only mention Three different Sorts of Grafting, viz. Scutcheon-grafting, Slit-grafting, and Crown-grafting [Fr. trois differentes sortes de greffes..celle en couronne]. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Engrafting Crown-Grafting, is when four or more Grafts, are placed round the Stock, between the Bark and the Rind, somewhat in the Manner of a Crown. 1886 19th Ann. Rep. Ohio State Hort. Soc. 91 The difference between crown grafting and root-grafting, is in using a piece of a root to make the foundation of a tree in place of a whole root. 1929 H. A. A. Nicholls & J. H. Holland Text-bk. Trop. Agric. (ed. 2) i. xiii. 102 Crown grafting is very useful in orange culture, especially when it is desired to graft sweet oranges on to large and old sour orange stock. 2009 S. Ram & R. E. Litz in R. E. Litz Mango (ed. 2) xi. 383 Rind or crown grafting is a cumbersome method and is not often used in commercial nurseries. < as lemmas |
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