To part (a slip or cutting) from a stock, stalk, or branch, esp. for the purpose of propagation; to divide (a plant, root, etc.) into slips.

With off or from. Also to cut, gather (a flower, etc.).

transitive. Horticulture. To propagate (a pink or carnation) by taking a cutting at a joint of the stem. Cf. piping, n.2 7. Obsolete.