ortet, n. Biol.
(ˈɔːtɛt)
[f. L. ort-us origin + -et1.]
The original organism (usu. a plant) from which a clone has been produced. Cf. ramet n.
| 1929 A. B. Stout in Jrnl. N.Y. Bot. Garden XXX. 33 To indicate the original seedling plant from which the clon [sic] is derived the word ortet..may be used. 1966 Ecology XLVII. 442/2 The newly established and developing clone may have a relatively simple rooting pattern, i.e., all ramets connected by a single root system initiated by the ortet. 1986 Forestry LIX. 161 Cuttings are easier to root the younger (more juvenile) the ortet from which they are taken. |