| 单词 | top-graft |
| 释义 | > as lemmastop-graft top-graft v. Horticulture (transitive) to insert scions into the branches or stem of (a stock plant), esp. to change the variety of fruit produced by a tree or vine; cf. top-work v. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of fruit > cultivate fruit [verb (transitive)] > graft top-graft1897 1846 Genesee Farmer (Rochester, N.Y.) Mar. 72/1 Trees that were top grafted last season, or previous ones, should be carefully examined. 1924 J. W. Lloyd Stud. Hort. xv. 165 The best time for top grafting trees is just as growth starts in the spring. 2014 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 30 Jan. d6 Many small trees have been made into standards, that is, top-grafted over a sturdy and straight trunk of the same species with a shrubby, often globe-shaped canopy. < as lemmas |
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