Definition

Noun: - A cutting (in horticulture/agriculture): A piece of a plant, typically a stem or branch, that is cut from a parent plant and placed in soil or water to grow into a new, independent plant. This is a common method of plant propagation.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người làm vườn chuẩn bị những cành giâm để nhân giống cây hoa hồng. (The gardener prepared the cuttings to propagate the rose plants.)
  • Cành giâm từ cây sung này rất dễ ra rễ trong nước. (The cutting from this fig tree roots very easily in water.)
  • Phương pháp nhân giống bằng cành giâm rất phổ biến. (The propagation method using cuttings is very common.)

Advanced Usage

• "Giâm cành": This is the verb phrase for the action of taking and planting cuttings.
  • Chúng tôi sẽ giâm cành vào mùa xuân. (We will take cuttings in the spring.)

Variants and Related Words

• Giâm (verb): To propagate a plant by using a cutting.
• Hom (noun): A synonym for "cành giâm" (cutting), often used in more technical contexts.
• Cành chiết (noun): A layer; a propagation method where a branch is encouraged to root while still attached to the parent plant (air layering).
• Cành ghép (noun): A scion; a cutting used in grafting.

Synonyms

• Đoạn cắt (cut segment)
• Hom cây (plant cutting)

Related Phrases

• Nhân giống vô tính bằng cành giâm: Asexual propagation by cuttings.
  • Kỹ thuật này là một hình thức nhân giống vô tính bằng cành giâm. (This technique is a form of asexual propagation by cuttings.)

1. (nông) Cutting