graft

A piece of skin, other body tissue, or a plant joined to another living thing so it grows there.

• The skin graft covered the wound.
• The gardener checked whether the graft had grown.
• The surgeon used a graft from the patient's own body.

Similar words: transplant

Common phrases: skin graft, tissue graft, plant graft

A small piece of a plant joined to another plant so they grow together.

• The graft produced new leaves.
• She placed an apple graft on the young tree.
• Two of the grafts failed to grow.

How to use it: a graft on something (The graft on the pear tree is growing well.)

Similar words: scion

Common phrases: apple graft, successful graft, graft on something

A piece of living body tissue moved to another place to repair or replace damaged tissue.

• The patient needed a skin graft.
• The surgeon placed a bone graft in the damaged area.
• The graft healed well after the operation.

Similar words: tissue transplant

Common phrases: skin graft, bone graft, tissue graft

To join a piece of one plant to another so they grow together.

• You can graft a branch onto this tree.
• She grafted a new variety onto the old apple tree.
• The gardener taught us how to graft roses.

How to use it: graft something onto something (He grafted a pear shoot onto the young tree.)

Similar words: affix

Common phrases: graft something onto something, graft a branch, graft fruit trees, graft a shoot