crown graft

noun Horticulture.

a graft in which the scion is inserted at the crown of the stock.

Origin of crown graft

First recorded in 1720–30

Related formscrown grafting, noun

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

British Dictionary definitions for crown graft

crown graft

noun

horticulture a type of graft in which the scion is inserted at the crown of the stock

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012