Thesaurus: ingraft
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.
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Definitions
- 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.
- v. t. To subject to the process of grafting; to furnish with grafts or scions; to graft; as, to ingraft a tree.
- v. cause to grow together parts from different plants
- 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.
- v cause to grow together parts from different plants