"graftling" meaning in English

See graftling in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: graftlings [plural]
Etymology: From graft + -ling. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|graft|ling}} graft + -ling Head templates: {{en-noun}} graftling (plural graftlings)
  1. A small or young graft (scion)
    Sense id: en-graftling-en-noun--Pd-p~bQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ling

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1995, Richard Hamilton, Optimising vineyard establishment",
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