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stickling — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cutting noun A piece cut from a plant — a stem, leaf, or root — used to grow a new plant.
  • graft noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
  • layer noun A single thickness of material covering a surface, or one level in a stack of such materials.
  • slip verb To lose one's footing or grip and slide accidentally.

Senses

stickling is used for these senses in English:

  • cutting (countable, horticulture) A leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant.
  • graft (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
  • layer A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
  • slip A twig or shoot; a cutting.

cutting — full definition

  1. noun A piece cut from a plant — a stem, leaf, or root — used to grow a new plant.
  2. noun A clipping cut from a newspaper or other printed text.
  3. noun A channel dug through higher ground at a lower level than the surrounding land, for a road, railway, or canal to pass through.
  4. adj Sharp or piercing, especially of remarks or criticism.

graft — full definition

  1. noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
  2. verb To transplant living tissue or a plant shoot onto another body or plant.
  3. noun Dishonest profit gained through abuse of power, especially in politics or business.
  4. noun Hard work, especially informal British usage for effort or labor.

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