A shoot or slip used in grafting; a graft.

A shoot or scion inserted in another stock: = graft, n.1 1.

A shoot or scion, such as is used in grafting.

A shoot or scion inserted in a groove or slit made in another stock, so as to allow the sap of the latter to circulate through the former.

A twig, sprig, or small shoot taken from a plant, tree, etc., for the purpose of grafting or planting; a scion, cutting.

‘Any thing not sown, but put in a state of some growth into the ground’ (Johnson); a twig, slip, or sucker, used for planting or grafting; also, a…

Grafting. (a) A peg to keep the cleft open. (b) The tongue or tapered end of a scion or stock.

Anything shaped like an escutcheon. Horticulture. A piece of bark cut more or less in the form of a shield, and bearing a bud, for grafting between…

Horticulture. = escutcheon, n. 3d, scutcheon, n.1 4c.

A length cut from a plant, esp. one used for grafting or planting; a stout cutting. Now rare.

A plant used for propagation.

In early use: †a branch, twig, or young shoot arising from either the main stock or the root of a plant; (also) †a stolon or runner, or a young…

Anything shaped like, or resembling, an escutcheon. Horticulture. A shield-shaped portion of a branch, containing a bud, cut for use as a graft.

a graft inserted in a slit in the stock, or intended for this purpose.

= sense 1.

a bud and a portion of the bark surrounding it used in grafting.