layering (plural layerings)
A structure made up of layers.
A method of plant propagation by rooting cuttings.
layering
present participle of layer
• grayline, re-laying, relaying, yearling
Source: Wiktionary
Lay"er*ing, n.
Definition: A propagating by layers. Gardner.
Lay"er, n. Etym: [See Lay to cause to lie flat.]
1. One who, or that which, lays.
2. Etym: [Prob. a corruption of lair.]
Definition: That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.
4. An artificial oyster bed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
