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increment borer

noun

Etymology

From increment + borer.

  1. inherited from *burōną✻
  2. inherited from *borōn✻
  3. inherited from borian — “to pierce”
  4. inherited from boren
  5. suffixed as borer — “bore + er”
  6. compounded as increment borer — “increment + borer”

Definitions

  1. A tool with a handle and an auger bit, used to extract a section of tissue from a living…

    A tool with a handle and an auger bit, used to extract a section of tissue from a living tree with relatively minor injury to the plant.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for increment borer. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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