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grafting

/ˈɡræftɪŋ/ noun, verb · British & US
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What does grafting mean?

noun, verb

The act of joining a piece of a plant, such as a stem or root, to another plant, or the joining of two or more plants together to form a single plant. In surgery, the act of transplanting tissue from one part of the body to another.

Example

"The gardener used grafting to join the stem of the rose bush to the root of the apple tree."

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