propagator
Britishnoun
-
a person or thing that propagates
-
a shallow box with a heating element and cover used for germinating seeds or rooting cuttings
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Mr Denham's company is the UK's biggest plant propagator, turning seeds into young plants which are then shipped off to growers, before eventually supplying the nation's supermarkets .
From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023
Unlike the opium poppy, coffee and tea plants do not press Pollan into service as a propagator.
From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2021
Ronald Reagan was the most effective propagator of the myth.
From Salon • Jul. 25, 2020
I should be able to remove its base with a combination of boiling water and ice, and then use it as a magnificent homemade propagator.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 12, 2018
Another pitfall for the inexperienced propagator lies in storing scions in packing material that is too moist.
From Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943 by Northern Nut Growers Association
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
