cutting

cutting

1. Horticulture

a. a method of vegetative propagation in which a part of a plant, such as a stem or leaf, is induced to form its own roots

b. a part separated for this purpose

2. Films the editing process by which a film is cut and made

3. Civil Engineering an excavation in a piece of high land for a road, railway, etc., enabling it to remain at approximately the same level

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cutting

[′kəd·iŋ]

(botany)

A piece of plant stem with one or more nodes, which, when placed under suitable conditions, will produce roots and shoots resulting in a complete plant.

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cutting

A short piece of lumber resulting from crosscutting or ripping operations.

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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Cutting

 

a part of a plant used for vegetative propagation. Cuttings are obtained from high-quality plants. Plants grown from cuttings retain the properties and characteristics of the maternal plant. There are root, stem, and leaf cuttings. Under certain growing conditions, roots form on stem cuttings, buds on root cuttings, and both buds and roots on leaf cuttings. The ability of plants to propagate by cuttings depends on the species and varietal characteristics of the maternal plants as well as on external conditions, for example, temperature, humidity, and aeration.

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