Definition

1. Noun:
   • Layer (in horticulture/agriculture): A branch or shoot that is induced to form roots while still attached to the parent plant, used as a method of plant propagation. This is a specific agricultural technique.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người làm vườn đang tạo một cành chiết từ cây cam. (The gardener is making a layer from the orange tree.)
  • Cành chiết này đã ra rễ và sẵn sàng để trồng. (This layer has developed roots and is ready for planting.)

Advanced Usage

• "tạo cành chiết": to make/perform layering (the propagation technique).
  • Kỹ thuật tạo cành chiết rất phổ biến để nhân giống cây ăn quả. (The technique of making layers is very common for propagating fruit trees.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chiết cành: This is the verbal phrase for the action of "layering" or "propagating by layering." It is the process from which the noun "cành chiết" (the resulting plant part) is derived.

  • Anh ấy đang học cách chiết cành. (He is learning how to layer plants.)

• Marcotte (French loanword): A synonym used in some Vietnamese contexts, especially in older or specialized texts, directly meaning "layer."

• Cây chiết: A plant grown from a layer.

Synonyms

• Layer: The direct and most accurate English equivalent in horticulture.
• Marcot: A less common English term derived from French "marcotte," synonymous with layer.

Related Phrases

• Nhân giống bằng chiết cành: to propagate by layering.
  • Hoa hồng thường được nhân giống bằng chiết cành. (Roses are often propagated by layering.)

Related Idioms

(This is a technical agricultural term, so common idioms are not typically associated with it.)

1. (nông) Layer