ingraft

Ingrafted.

To insert, as a scion of one tree or plant into another, for propagation; propagate by insertion; hence, to fix as on or in a stock or support; embed; insert: as, to ingraft a peach on a plum.

To subject to the process of grafting, as a tree; furnish with a graft.

Figuratively, to set or fix deep and firm; infix; implant.

To inoculate. Compare inoculate, 1.

Synonyms Inculcate, etc. See implant.

transitive verb

To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation;

transitive verb

To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft.

verb

Alternative spelling of engraft.

verb

cause to grow together parts from different plants