graft

graft

1. Horticulture

a. a piece of plant tissue (the scion), normally a stem, that is made to unite with an established plant (the stock), which supports and nourishes it

b. the plant resulting from the union of scion and stock

c. the point of union between the scion and the stock

2. Surgery a piece of tissue or an organ transplanted from a donor or from the patient's own body to an area of the body in need of the tissue

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graft

[graft]

(biology)

To unite to form a graft.

A piece of tissue transplanted from one individual to another or to a different place on the same individual.

An individual resulting from the grafting of parts.

(botany)

To unite a scion to an understock in such manner that the two grow together and continue development as a single plant without change in scion or stock.

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graft

To join a scion, shoot, or bud to the stock of another similar plant.

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