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- DictionaryGraft/ɡraft/
noun
- 1. a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap.
- 2. a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically.
verb
- 1. insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft: "it was common to graft different varieties onto a single tree trunk"
- 2. transplant (living tissue) as a graft: "they can graft a new hand onto the arm"
1. a. : to cause (a scion) to unite with a stock. also : to unite (plants or scion and stock) to form a graft. b.
a piece of healthy skin or bone cut usually from a person’s own body and used to repair a damaged part on that person. [ C ] biology. A graft is also a piece cut from a living plant and fixed to another plant so that it grows there.
A shoot or bud of one plant that is inserted into or joined to the stem, branch, or root of another plant so that the two grow together as a single plant. Grafts are used to strengthen or repair plants, create dwarf trees, produce seedless fruit, and increase fruit yields without requiring plants to mature from seeds.
A shoot or bud of one plant that is inserted into or joined to the stem, branch, or root of another plant so that the two grow together as a single plant. Grafts are used to strengthen or repair plants, create dwarf trees, produce seedless fruit, and increase fruit yields without requiring plants to mature from seeds.
Graft can mean bribery or corruption. It's also a way of transplanting skin or bones in medicine, as in a skin graft.
GRAFT meaning: 1. a piece of skin or bone taken from one part of a body and joined to another part: 2. a piece…. Learn more.
A graft is a piece of healthy skin or bone, or a healthy organ, which is attached to a damaged part of your body by a medical operation in order to replace it.
graft. noun. /ɡrɑːft/ /ɡræft/ [countable] a piece cut from a living plant and fixed in a cut made in another plant, so that it grows there; the process or result of doing this. A healthy shoot should form a strong graft. Topics Plants and trees c2. Want to learn more?
Graft definition: To transplant or implant (living tissue, for example) surgically into a bodily part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
a type of apple that is grown by being grafted onto/to the roots of a different species. b medical : to attach (a piece of skin, muscle, or bone) to a part of the body. The surgeon was able to graft skin over the scar. 2. : to make (something) become a part of (something else) — usually + onto.
