pinch out

verb

the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit

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Meanings

verbpinch out (third-person singular simple present pinches out, present participle pinching out, simple past and past participle pinched out)

present singular third person pinches out · participle present pinching out · participle past pinched out · past pinched out

  1. To remove the shoots of a plant:
    1. the leading shoot in order to encourage a bushy habit
    2. a plant's side shoots
  2. businessFor a distinct body of rock between underlying and overlying strata, to thin out and come to an end, so that the strata above come to lie on the strata below.
nounpinch out (plural pinch outs)

plural pinch outs

  1. businessA volume of rock or oil trapped or isolated between strata that have pinched it out.

Translations

Greek κορφολογώ
  • κορφολογώ (korfologó)To remove shoots
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APA

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Chicago

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