graftling

English

Etymology

From graft +‎ -ling.

Noun

graftling (plural graftlings)

1. A small or young graft (scion)
   • 1863, Justus von Liebig, The natural laws of husbandry:

     Even the parasitical plants, which draw their mineral constituents in a certain state of preparation, from other plants on which they live, as the mistletoe (Viscum album), do not comport themselves to the latter as a graftling to a tree, but absorb from the sap very different proportions of mineral constituents.

   • 1995, Richard Hamilton, Optimising vineyard establishment:

     In a perfect situation, supply equals demand, and demand is satisfied with vineyards receiving all vines as well-grown, one-year-old graftlings and rootlings, whether produced in the field or in containers.