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engraft

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As a verb, engraft means insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation.

Meanings of engraft

5 meanings

verb

  1. To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for the purpose of propagation; graft onto a plant

  2. To fix firmly into place

  3. Cause to grow together parts from different plants

    “graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree”

    Similar: graft, ingraft
  4. Fix or set securely or deeply

    “He planted a knee in the back of his opponent”

    “The dentist implanted a tooth in the gum”

    Similar: implant, embed, imbed, plant

adjective

  1. rareEngrafted.

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

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verb: cause to grow together parts from different plants
graftingraft
verb: fix or set securely or deeply

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