scion

sjɔ̃

Definition

Definition of scion - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

botaniquejeune pousse souple et flexible d'un arbre ou arbuste

Le jardinier a coupé un scion pour faire une greffe.

pêchepartie fine et flexible au bout d'une canne à pêche

Le scion de ma canne s'est cassé lors de la prise.

châtiment

Rare

baguette souple utilisée pour frapper ou battre

Rare

L'instituteur menaçait les élèves avec son scion.

badine

verge

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jeune pousse souple et flexible d'un arbre ou arbuste
partie fine et flexible au bout d'une canne à pêche
baguette souple utilisée pour frapper ou battre

Origin of scion

latin, scindere (couper)

Terms with scion included in their meaning

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branlette

pêche

partie d'une canne à pêche où se fixe le scion

enter

greffe

action de greffer en insérant un scion sur une plante

enté

adj.

botanique

qui a été greffé par insertion d'un scion

Examples of scion in a sentence

Les scions sont taillés chaque printemps pour favoriser la croissance.
Le scion plie sous le poids du poisson.
J'ai remplacé le scion abîmé de ma vieille canne.
Le scion était accroché derrière la porte de la classe.
On utilisait parfois le scion pour punir les enfants.

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English:shoot, tip, ...
German:Reis, Spitze, ...
Italian:rametto, vetta, ...
Spanish:vástago, puntera, ...
Portuguese:rebento, ponta, ...
Chinese:嫩枝, 竿梢, ...
Japanese:若枝, 穂先, ...
Arabic:فرخ, طرف القصبة المرن, ...
Hebrew:נֵצֶר, שְׁפִיץ, ...
Russian:побег, хлыстик, ...
Ukrainian:паросток, ківерчик, ...
Catalan:ció, puntera, ...
Danish:podekvist, stangspids, ...
Dutch:scheut, topje, ...
Greek:βλαστός, μύτη καλαμιού, ...
Hungarian:oltóvessző, spicc, ...
Khmer:ពន្លកខ្ចី, ចុងស្តើងបត់បែនបាននៃដំបងស្ទូចត្រី, ...
Korean:접수, 로드 팁, ...
Polish:szczep, czion, ...
Portuguese (BR):broto, ponteira, ...
Romanian:măslin, vârf, ...
Swedish:ympkvist, spöspets, ...
Thai:กิ่งอ่อน, ปลายคันเบ็ด, ...
Turkish:sürgün, kamış ucu, ...
Vietnamese:cành non, ngọn cần câu, ...

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