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graft1
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- pronunciation:
- graeft
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a detached portion of a plant, such as a shoot, that is placed into a slit or the like on another plant so as to become a living part of it.
- synonyms:
- cutting, scion, slip
- similar words:
- shoot, transplant
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definition 2: |
a plant that is produced by joining a plant and a detached part of another plant.
- similar words:
- crossbreed, hybrid
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definition 3: |
the place where a plant and an attached part from another plant come together.
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definition 4: |
a living material, such as skin, that is transplanted to another organism or to another part of the same organism.
- synonyms:
- implant
- similar words:
- transplant
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definition 5: |
the action or procedure of grafting.
- synonyms:
- engraftment, implantation, transplantation
- similar words:
- hybridization, splicing
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related words: |
chimera |
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part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
grafts, grafting, grafted |
definition 1: |
to attach (part of a plant, human tissue, or the like) as a graft.
The surgeon grafted skin from the burn victim's thigh onto his face.- synonyms:
- engraft, transplant
- similar words:
- embed, implant, insert, splice
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definition 2: |
to attach a detached portion of (a plant) to another plant.
- similar words:
- crossbreed, hybridize, interbreed
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related words: |
breed, bud |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to attach a graft or grafts.
- similar words:
- crossbreed
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definition 2: |
to be or come to be a graft.
- synonyms:
- join, unite
- similar words:
- infix, meld, set, take
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derivation: |
grafter (n.) |
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