bouture

See also: bouturé

French

Etymology

From bouter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.tyʁ/
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Noun

bouture f (plural boutures)

  1. (horticulture) cutting
    • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:
      Or, les cerisiers poussaient mal à la Vaubyessard, M. le Marquis demanda quelques boutures à Bovary, se fit un devoir de l'en remercier lui-même, […] .
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Derived terms

  • bouturothèque

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