单词 | circumposition |
释义 | circumpositionn. The action of circumposing: see quots. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > by layering > building up earth circumposition1660 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > placing around circumposition1849–52 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 59 Circumposition is a kind of laying..In this the mould is born up to the bough which is to be taken off. 1660 R. Sharrock Hist. Propagation & Improvem. Veg. 116 Dwarf trees made by circumposition. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 60 in Sylva Now is your Season for Circumposition by Tubs or Baskets of Earth, and for laying of Branches to take root. 1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 154 That the hotter Dungs approach not immediately to their..roots, without such a circumposition of natural Mould. 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 832/1 These cells are designated by the name of globules of circumposition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1660 |
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