grafting
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of grafting
Example Sentences
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Grafting binds fresh roots with living twigs that have buds of the same species.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024
Grafting has long been used to produce novel varieties of roses, citrus species, and other plants.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Grafting the iPhone's clever, customizable interface onto other products sounds like a universal win.
From Slate • Nov. 3, 2011
Grafting ballet on to myriad Latin disciplines – capoeira, rhumba, tango – it was a sizzling concoction.
From The Guardian • Aug. 23, 2010
He published, in 1572, "The New Art of Planting and Grafting;" 4to. and in 12mo.
From On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions by Felton, Samuel
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