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beangán — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • graft noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
  • heir noun A person legally entitled to inherit someone's property, money, or title after they die.
  • prong noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
  • scion noun A descendant of a notable or wealthy family, especially the first generation.
  • shoot verb To fire a weapon, or to hit someone or something with a projectile from one.

Senses

beangán is used for these senses in English:

  • scion A descendant, especially a first-generation descendant of a distinguished family.
  • scion (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
  • shoot The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.

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.

heir — full definition

  1. noun A person legally entitled to inherit someone's property, money, or title after they die.
  2. noun Someone regarded as continuing or succeeding a predecessor's legacy in a non-legal sense.

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