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layering
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lay·er·ing  (lr-ng) also lay·er·age (-j)
n.
The process of rooting branches, twigs, or stems that are still attached to a parent plant, as by placing a specially treated part in moist soil.
layering [ˈleɪərɪŋ]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) Horticulture a method of propagation that induces a shoot or branch to take root while it is still attached to the parent plant
2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology the banded appearance of certain igneous and metamorphic rocks, each band being of a different mineral composition
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Kalanchoe also propagates itself, without human assistance, in two ways: It produces adventitious roots, through ground layering, wherever its stems bend and touch the ground; if its dried-up flowers are not snipped, but left on the plant and allowed to go to seed, a crop of new kalanchoe seedlings will germinate around the existing plants after a rainy winter.
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