a bud, shoot, or scion of a plant inserted in a groove, slit, or the like in a stem or stock of another plant in which it continues to grow.
the plant resulting from such an operation; the united stock and scion.
the place where the scion is inserted.
Surgery. a portion of living tissue surgically transplanted from one part of an individual to another, or from one individual to another, for its adhesion and growth.
an act of grafting.
verb (used with object)
to insert (a graft) into a tree or other plant; insert a scion of (one plant) into another plant.
Surgery. to transplant (a portion of living tissue, as of skin or bone) as a graft.
to attach as if by grafting: an absurdity grafted onto an otherwise coherent body of thought.
Nautical. to cover (a rope) with a weaving of rope yarn.
verb (used without object)
to insert scions from one plant into another.
to become grafted.
Origin of graft
1
1350–1400; earlier graff,Middle Englishgraffe, craffe < Old Frenchgraife, greffe, graffe < Late Latingraphium hunting knife (Latin: stylus) < Greekgrapheion, derivative of gráphein to write; so called from the resemblance of the point of a (cleft) graft to a stylus
the acquisition of money, gain, or advantage by dishonest, unfair, or illegal means, especially through the abuse of one's position or influence in politics, business, etc.
a particular instance, method, or means of thus acquiring gain or advantage.
the gain or advantage acquired.
BritishSlang. work; labor.
verb (used with object)
to obtain by graft.
verb (used without object)
to practice graft.
Origin of graft
2
First recorded in 1855–60; perhaps special use of graft1
"shoot inserted into another plant," late 15c. alteration of Middle English graff (late 14c.), from Old French graife "grafting knife, carving tool, stylus," from Latin graphium "stylus," from Greek grapheion "stylus," from graphein "to write" (see -graphy). So called probably on resemblance of a stylus to the pencil-shaped shoots used in grafting. The terminal -t- in the English word is not explained. Surgical sense is from 1871.
n.2
"corruption," 1865, perhaps 1859, American English, perhaps from graft (1) via British slang sense of "one's occupation" (1853), which seems to be from the word's original sense of "digging" (see graft (n.1)).
v.
late 15c., from graft (n.1). Related: Grafted; grafting.
To transplant or implant tissue surgically into a body part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
n.
Material, especially living tissue or an organ, surgically attached to or inserted into a body part to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect.
The procedure of implanting or transplanting such material.
The configuration or condition resulting from such a procedure.
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 piece of body tissue that is surgically removed and then transplanted or implanted to replace a damaged part or compensate for a defect. See also allograftautograft and xenograft.
