Sprössling — meaning in English

English meaning

• fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
• scion noun A descendant of a notable or wealthy family, especially the first generation.
• sprout verb To begin growing, as a seed or plant does.

Senses

Sprössling is used for these senses in English:

• scion (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

fruit — full definition

1. noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
2. noun A good or bad result of effort or action.
3. verb To produce fruit.

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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