inarch
to graft by uniting a growing branch to a stock without separating the branch from its parent stock.
Origin of inarch
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How to use inarch in a sentence
So also may a tree be prolonged beyond its ordinary age, as the pear on the quince, by inarching young shoots.
Soil Culture | J. H. WaldenIn the spring it was planted by the side of a mature vine outside and the seedling grafted by inarching on the established vine.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickIt is usually propagated by grafts, or by layering or inarching, rather than by seed.
We have already mentioned how nature performs what is called inarching.
Inarching may now be performed on evergreens and other plants, which you may wish to propagate this way.
British Dictionary definitions for inarch
/ (ɪnˈɑːtʃ) /
(tr) to graft (a plant) by uniting stock and scion while both are still growing independently
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