Approaching
Pronunciation : Ap*proach"ing
Part of Speech : n. (Hort.)
Definition : Defn: The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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