crown graft

American  

noun

Horticulture.

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

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crown graft British  

noun

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

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Other Word Forms

• crown grafting noun

Etymology

Origin of crown graft

First recorded in 1720–30

Example Sentences

We usually crown graft in February, using one-year-old seedlings grown in nursery rows.

From Project Gutenberg

"Whole-root grafts" is a misleading appellation, as it will be found to be only a crown graft.

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In the spring of 1952 some of the vigorous shoots of this tree were successfully grafted on shoots from an old stump of Chinese chestnut, using the veneer crown graft method.

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