graft - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'graft' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Graft

[ n.]

- A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
- A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
- A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
- To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
- To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
- To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.
- To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.

2 . Graft

[ v. i.]

- To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

Meaning of 'graft' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . graft

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- cause to grow together parts from different plants

Example in sentence:

graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree

Nearby Words:

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Isograft
Isograft is a graft of tissue from a donor of the same species as the recipient. Also called homograft.
Homograft
Homograft is a tissue graft with tissue from one species of animal to a recipient of the same species.

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