inarch
/ɪnˈɑrtʃ/
verb
- To graft a plant by joining a branch to another plant without cutting it off from its parent stem.
- They inarched the rose stem to help it survive the winter.
- To save the damaged tree, the arborist inarched a healthy shoot from a nearby sapling.
- The gardener decided to inarch the young apple branch onto a stronger rootstock.
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