[lay.er] n (13c) 1: one that lays (as a worker who lays brick or a hen that lays eggs)
2. a: one thickness, course, or fold laid or lying over or under another b: stratum c: horizon
2. 3 a: a branch or shoot of a plant that roots while still attached to the parent plant b: a plant developed by layering -- lay.ered adj
[2]layer vt (1832) 1: to propagate (a plant) by means of layers
2. a: to place as a layer b: to place a layer on top of c: to form or arrange in layers ~ vi 1 a: to separate into layers b: to form out of superimposed layers
2. of a plant: to form roots where a stem comes in contact with the ground