scion; budwood; grafting twig
Horticultural term for a twig or bud-bearing shoot used in grafting.
穂木を台木に接ぐ。
Graft the scion onto the rootstock.
穂木は健康な枝から選ぶ。
Select the scion from a healthy branch.
Compound of 穂 (ho, 'ear of grain; tip') and 木 (ki, 'tree; wood'), referring to the tip of a branch used in grafting.