prick out

verb

To separate (seedlings) growing together, for example into a different pot

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Meanings

verbprick out (third-person singular simple present pricks out, present participle pricking out, simple past and past participle pricked out)

present singular third person pricks out · participle present pricking out · participle past pricked out · past pricked out

  1. ambitransitiveagricultureTo separate (seedlings) growing together, for example into a different pot

    Before the time for sowing arrives consideration should be given to the question of what labour is available for pricking out the seedlings, and what accommodation can be provided for the protection of the plants in their later stages

    1911, Thomas Smith, Profitable Culture of Vegetables
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APA

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Chicago

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