air layering


noun Horticulture.

a method of propagating a plant by girdling or cutting part way into a stem or branch and packing the area with a moist medium, as sphagnum moss, stimulating root formation so that the stem or branch can be removed and grown as an independent plant.

Origin of air layering

First recorded in 1895–1900; air layer + -ing1

Words nearby air layering