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   Graft

   /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. Similar scioncuttingshootoffshootbudslipnew growthsproutsprig
   • ▪ an instance of grafting a shoot or twig.
   • 2. a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically. Similar transplantimplantimplantation
   • ▪ a surgical operation in which tissue is transplanted. Similar transplantimplantimplantation

   verb

   • 1. insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft: "it was common to graft different varieties onto a single tree trunk"
   • ▪ insert a graft on (a stock). Similar affixslipjoininsertsplicerare:engraft
   • 2. transplant (living tissue) as a graft: "they can graft a new hand onto the arm" Similar transplantimplanttransfer
   • 3. insert or fix (something) permanently to something else, typically in a way considered inappropriate: "information technology cannot just be grafted onto existing plans" Similar fastenattachaddfixjoininsert

   Word Origin late Middle Englishgraff, from Old French grafe, via Latin from Greek graphion ‘stylus, writing implement’ (with reference to the tapered tip of the scion), from graphein ‘write’. The final -t is typical of phonetic confusion between -f and -ft at the end of words; compare with tuft.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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