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(horticulture) Having stems thick enough to stand somewhat erect, but eventually drooping like a vine..
The latter method must be used for some varieties that are semi-trailing and for the frankly trailing sorts, such as the dewberry and youngberry.
'Marion's Enchanted Trail' ( Pittman ) tends more toward the semi-trailing type, freely producing many crowns from which absolute masses of medium blue blooms are produced.
This plant is semi-trailing and cold-hardy.
The semi-trailing thornless blackberries may not qualify for a place in your home garden or landscape if you are unwilling to make a slight compromise on flavor.
semi-trailing arm suspension
Swivelling of these semi-trailing arms is therefore neither true transverse or true trailing but is a combination of both.
The next development, introduced in 1951, was the semi-trailing arm in which the arm pivot axis is a compromise between the swing axle and the plain trailing arm, typically in the range of 15° to 25°, as in Figure 1.10.4.
Semi-trailing links are optimal with regard to this requirement as they can support forces in both the lateral and longitudinal directions through the same pivot points.
Use semi-trailing when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Semi-trailing means (horticulture) Having stems thick enough to stand somewhat erect, but eventually drooping like a vine..
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The latter method must be used for some varieties that are semi-trailing and for the frankly trailing sorts, such as the dewberry and youngberry.
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