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   Girdling
   removing the bark from a woody stem to kill the plant. Encircling a stem with a material so that the cambium layer is destroyed, killing the plant.
   Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20003
   
   
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   Girdling
   The choking of a branch by a wire, rope, or other inflexible material which usually occurs most often in woody stemmed plants that have been tied down too tightly without regard for growth.
   Found op http://www.emilycompost.com/garden_glossary.htm
   
   
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   girdling
   Killing a tree by removing a strip of bark from around its trunk. ... (05 Dec 1998) ...
   Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?girdling
   
   
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   Girdling
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Girdle
   Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/girdling/
   
   
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   girdling
   (from the article `brilliant cut`) ...a finished gem with the maximum fire and brilliancy. It is the most popular style of faceting for diamonds. A brilliant-cut stone is round in plan ... The next step in cutting a round stone is called girdling (rounding; bruting). The diamond to be girdled is pla...
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/34
   
   
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   girdling
   (from the article `angiosperm`) ...century. By the early 19th century, it had been established that water ascends from roots into leaves through xylem and that photosynthetic ...
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/34
   
   
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   Girdling
   Girdling, also called ring barking or ring-barking, is the complete removal of a strip of bark (consisting of cork cambium,phloem,cambium and going into the xylem) from around the entire circumference of either a branch or trunk of a woody plant. Girdling results in the death of wood tissues beyond...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girdling
   
   
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   Girdling
   The choking of a branch by a wire or other material which has been tied to tightly to a support
   Found op http://www.pots2plots.com/Fruit/Fruit%20Growing%20Glossary.htm
   
   

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