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Cuttings for the new roads have been gouged out of the hills.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2023

Folia Collective’s Winter Plant & Cuttings Swap, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the patio at Unincorporated Coffee, 2160 Colorado Blvd., in Eagle Rock.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2023

Cuttings of plants such as coleus, sweet potato vine and plectranthus make living bouquets and possibly new plants for next year.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2021

Cuttings, the unrooted segments of plants like those taken from Potted Elephant, can often be made into entirely new plants with just a little water, dirt and patience.

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2020

Cuttings have the advantage that, once ancient farmers had found or developed a productive tree, they could be sure that all its descendants would remain identical to it.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond