provine

verb

provine

verb

/pɹəˈvaɪn/

Etymology From French provigner, from provin (“a set, layer of a plant”), Old French provain, from Latin propago, propaginis, akin to propagare (“to propagate”). See propagate and prune.

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Obsolete To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.

  • Do not provine, but fill up all places which have become vacant by two-year plants from the nursery1872, John Louis William Thudichum, August Dupré, A Treatise on the Origin, Nature, and Varieties of Wine:

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