to engraft

Examples

• All

• The horticulturist showed us how to engraft a healthy stem onto a diseased tree.

• Farmers often engraft new varieties onto existing trees.

• In spring, skilled gardeners often engraft apple branches onto sturdy rootstocks.

• The gardener engrafted a rose onto a sturdy rootstock.

• Gardeners often engraft a branch from one tree onto another to create a new hybrid species.

• To produce a better apple variety, farmers engraft more fruitful branches onto existing trees.

• The process of engrafting allows different types of fruit to grow on the same tree.

Synonyms

G

to graft

vsto engraft

• Specialized

6 5.6

To join part of one plant to another so they grow together

inserts or joins a plant part more generally not only shoots or buds

I

to ingraft

vsto engraft

• Specialized

1 9.9

Join a branch of one plant to another so they grow together

inserts or joins a part into another rather than stressing mutual joining

I

to inoculate

vsto engraft

• Specialized

1 8.7

To put a bud from one plant onto another to grow a new plant

inserts or joins parts for any reason not only for propagation

I

to inarch

vsto engraft

• Specialized

9.9

To join living stems or roots of two plants by bending them so they grow together

inserts or joins parts without requiring bending of stems or roots

Antonyms

D

to disjoin

1 7.4

Separate things that are attached to each other

How Firm

to integrate

179 4.1

to engraft

• Specialized

9.0

to attach

459 2.5

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology