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jfrbfbreudh • today at 5:59 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> Even the name “Scion” reverses the syllables of “Bonsai” and drops the “B”! This might be a coincidence, or might not.

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duhhhhh1212 • today at 6:07 PM

“The meanings overlap too. In horticulture a scion is the cutting grafted onto a rootstock, and grafting is a standard bonsai technique, used for example to add branches to pines and junipers. So two gardening words line up in sound and in subject.”- Claude

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