Graft

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1. Noun

A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.

2. Noun

A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.

3. Noun

A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.

4. Noun

To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.

5. Noun

To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.

6. Noun

To join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.

7. Noun

To cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.

8. Verb

To insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.

9. Noun

(surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
Vocabulary classified under Medicine and healthcare

10. Noun

the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
Vocabulary classified under Law
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