穂 木(ほぎ)

ほぎ

noun

scion (in grafting)

1. scion; graft cutting

In grafting, the shoot or bud cut from the plant you want to grow and joined onto a rooted rootstock. The scion becomes the upper part of the plant and determines the variety of fruit or flowers it bears.

穂木(ほぎ)を切(き)り取(と)る。

Cut off a scion.

穂木(ほぎ)は冬(ふゆ)のうちに用意(ようい)しておく。

Prepare the scions during the winter.

甘(あま)い実(み)がなる木(き)から穂木(ほぎ)を取(と)って、台木(だいぎ)に接(つ)いだ。

I took a scion from a tree that bears sweet fruit and grafted it onto rootstock.

A gardening and farming term, the partner of 台木(だいぎ) (rootstock). Also called 接(つ)ぎ穂(ほ).

Common collocations

穂木(ほぎ)を採(と)る: to take a scion
穂木(ほぎ)を接(つ)ぐ: to graft a scion
穂木(ほぎ)を保存(ほぞん)する: to store scions

Related words

接(つ)ぎ木(き): grafting — the technique that joins 穂木(ほぎ) to 台木(だいぎ)
挿(さ)し木(き): propagation by cuttings — the cutting grows its own roots instead of being grafted

Related Words

Related: 接(つ)ぎ木(き) (grafting)

Related: 挿(さ)し木(き) (propagation by cuttings)

Related: 台木(だいぎ) (rootstock)

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Added 2026.9.23 15:48 · Revised 2026.9.23 15:54

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