graft
noun
/ɡɹæft/
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/ɡɹɑːft/
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- (uncountable) Corruption in official life.
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corruption
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graft
noun
/ɡɹæft/
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/ɡɹɑːft/
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- (countable) 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.
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greffon,
greffe
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- (countable) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
- (surgery, countable) A portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.
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greffon
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graft
verb
/ɡɹæft/
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/ɡɹɑːft/
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- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive, surgery) To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.
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greffer
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grafting
noun
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- (horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
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greffage
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