Air lane
a route regularly used by airplanes; airway.
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- Air layer
to treat a plant by means of air layering. to use air layering to propagate a plant. a plant, commonly a young one, that has been propagated by air layering.
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a method of propagating a plant by girdling or cutting part way into a stem or branch and packing the area with a moist medium, as sphagnum moss, stimulating root formation so that the stem or branch can be removed and grown as an independent plant.
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a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency. the persons or cargo so transported. the act or process of transporting such a load. a pump for raising liquids by the pressure of air forced into the pump chamber. to transport (persons or cargo) by airlift. of or relating to an […]