marcotn.
/ˈmɑːkɒt/, /ˈmɑːkət/, U.S. /ˈmɑrˌkɑt/, /ˈmɑrkət/ Horticulture.
A branch of a plant used for marcottage; a plant propagated by marcottage.
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1926 F. M. Esguerra in Philippine Agric. 15 63 A marcot is the branch so treated... Planting marcots instead of seeds has several advantages.
1958 R. J. Garner Grafter's Handbk. (rev. ed.) iii. 60 An ingenious method of securing a continuous supply is to suspend a vessel containing water above the marcot.
1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) viii. 227 Propagation... Outside India budding is generally preferred, it requires less labour... Cuttings, marcots and stooling have also been tried.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
marcotv.
/ˈmɑːkɒt/, /ˈmɑːkət/, U.S. /ˈmɑrˌkɑt/, /ˈmɑrkət/ Horticulture.
intransitive. To perform marcottage.
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1926 F. M. Esguerra in Philippine Agric. 15 64 It is preferable to marcot during the rainy season.
1988 Jrnl. Hort. Sci. 63 517 The response to ringing declined with increasing age of the tree. However, on marcotting, the ringed shoots of four year old trees showed more and earlier shooting.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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