arcuation

Arc`u*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. arcuatio.] 1. The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness. Coxe. 2. (Hort.) Defn: A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering. Chambers.

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