Even the most common moral ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background. --J. C. Shairp. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Dwarfing — is a characteristic in plants and animals whereby one or more members of a breed or cultivar are significantly smaller than standard members of their species. The effect can be induced through genetic or hormonal means. Contents 1 Animals 2… … Wikipedia
dwarfing — dwÉ”Ëf n. abnormally short human, pygmy, midget; small man with magical powers (Folklore) v. reduce, minimize, miniaturize, make small … English contemporary dictionary
dwarfing — present part of dwarf … Useful english dictionary
dwarfing rootstock — A rootstock that limits the size of the plant that is grafted onto it … Combined glossary of agriculture
dwarfing stock — noun : a stock used in budding or grafting that produces a dwarf tree … Useful english dictionary
‘artificial dwarfing’ hypothesis — Premise which suggests that individual cycads can sometimes attain maturity at a smaller than normal size as a result of anthropogenic forces (sensu Taylor et al., 2009), e.g. in a particular population of Zamia neurophyllidia near Changuinola … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
Fruit tree propagation — is usually carried out through asexual reproduction by grafting or budding the desired variety onto a suitable rootstock. Perennial plants can be propagated either by sexual or vegetative means. Sexual reproduction occurs when male pollen from… … Wikipedia
Malling series — is the name of famous apple rootstocks. Contents 1 History 2 Malling Merton series 3 References 3.1 Notes … Wikipedia
Norman Borlaug — Dr. Norman Borlaug Borlaug speaking at the Ministerial Methodist Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology in June 2003 Born … Wikipedia
Quaternary extinction event — Late Pleistocene landscape of northern Eurasia The Quaternary period saw the extinctions of numerous predominantly larger, especially megafaunal, species, many of which occurred during the transition from the Pleistocene to the Holocene epoch.… … Wikipedia
