inarch

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to graft one growing plant onto another while both stock and scion remain attached to their own roots

   The gardener chose to inarch the damaged apple tree with a vigorous rooted shoot.

2. 2
   noun

   an approach graft, or a plant joined by that method

   The successful inarch formed a living bridge across the injured trunk.

Formed in English from in- + arch. The horticultural verb has been recorded since the seventeenth century for an approach graft whose two plants remain rooted until their tissues unite.

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