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Definition of Ingraft
1. Verb. Cause to grow together parts from different plants. "Graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
Definition of Ingraft
1. v. t. To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something.
Definition of Ingraft
1. Verb. (alternative spelling of engraft) ¹
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Definition of Ingraft
1. to engraft [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: engraft
Medical Definition of Ingraft
1. 1. To insert, as a scion of one tree, shrub, or plant in another for propagation; as, to ingraft a peach scion on a plum tree; figuratively, to insert or introduce in such a way as to make a part of something. "This fellow would ingraft a foreign name Upon our stock." (Dryden) "A custom . . . Ingrafted into the monarchy of Rome." (Burke) 2. To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree. Origin: Ingrafted; Ingrafting Alternative forms: engraft. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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