balled-and-burlapped

balled-and-burlapped
/bawld"n berr"lapt/, adj. Hort.
of or pertaining to a tree, shrub, or other plant prepared for transplanting by allowing the roots to remain covered by a ball of soil around which canvas or burlap is tied. Cf. bare-root.

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