Grafting
['ɡræftɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Graft
(n.) The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc.
(n.) The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface; autoplasty.
(n.) A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another.
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Examples
- The method most commonly practiced in working with apple trees is called bud-grafting, and consists of transferring a plate of bark, with one or more buds attached, from one tree to another. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The amazingly large number of different varieties which we have today have all been brought into existence through the discovery of the process of grafting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- There are a half a dozen or more different methods of grafting. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As in reciprocal crosses, the facility of effecting an union is often very far from equal, so it sometimes is in grafting. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Noble, for instance, informs me that he raises stocks for grafting from a hybrid between Rhod. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
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