Pfropfreis — meaning in English

English meaning

• graft noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
• scion noun A descendant of a notable or wealthy family, especially the first generation.

Senses

Pfropfreis is used for these senses in English:

• graft (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
• scion (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

graft — full definition

1. noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
2. verb To transplant living tissue or a plant shoot onto another body or plant.
3. noun Dishonest profit gained through abuse of power, especially in politics or business.
4. noun Hard work, especially informal British usage for effort or labor.

scion — full definition

1. noun A descendant of a notable or wealthy family, especially the first generation.
2. noun A cutting or shoot from a plant, used for grafting onto another plant.

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