ortet

ortet

English

Etymology

Coined by A. B. Stout in 1929 from Latin ortus (“origin”) +‎ -et.[1]

Noun

ortet (plural ortets)

1. (botany) The original single parent plant from which a clone ultimately derives.

See also

• genet
• ramet

References

1. A. B. Stout (February 1929), “The Clon in Plant Life”, in Marshall Avery Howe, editor, Journal of the New York Botanical Garden‎, volume 30, issue 350, Lancaster: The Science Press Printing Company, OCLC 1760026, page 33: “To indicate the original seedling plant from which the clon is derived the word "ortet" (from the Latin ortus meaning origin) may be used.”

Anagrams

• Otter, Treto, otter, toret, torte, toter

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Verb

ortet

1. inflection of orten:
   1. second-person plural present
   2. second-person plural subjunctive I
   3. third-person singular present
   4. plural imperative