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micropropagation

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mi⋅cro⋅prop⋅a⋅ga⋅tion

[mahy-kroh-prop-uh-gey-shuhn]
–noun
the propagation of plants from tissue cultures, often from single cells.
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mi·cro·prop·a·ga·tion   (mī'krō-prŏp'ə-gā'shən)   
n.  A tissue culture technique for plant propagation in which offspring are cloned from tissue taken from a single plant.
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