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Definitions of grafting in various dictionaries:
noun - the act of grafting something onto something else
verb - cause to grow together parts from different plants
verb - place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
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| Greenhouse operation |
| Shoot-shift procedure |
| Transplanting a shoot onto new stock |
| Working hard performing transplant surgery |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Jul 5 2014 Newsday.com |
| Oct 24 2009 The Times - Concise |
| May 12 2007 The Times - Cryptic |
| Jan 3 2002 New York Times |
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| (Sarah of the Clue Crew points out a grape vine in the vineyard in Napa Valley, CA.) Because American root stock and Europe vines resist different pests, growers combine them using this technique |
| Most trees in apple orchards are not grown from seeds; they are produced using this process |
| Most apples come from trees grown not from seeds but by this process |
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| the act of grafting something onto something else |
| insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft. |
| make money by shady or dishonest means. |
| combine or integrate (an idea, system, etc.) with another, typically in a way considered inappropriate. |
| Present participle of graft. |
| The act or method of weaving a cover for a ring, rope end, etc. |
| The transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface autoplastic. |
| A scarfing or endwise attachment of one timber to another. |
| The act, art, or process of inserting grafts. |
| Bribery and other corrupt practices used to secure illicit advantages or gains in politics or business. |
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Grafting or graftage is a horticultural technique whereby tissues of plants are joined so as to continue their growth together. The upper part of the combined plant is called the scion () while the lower part is called the rootstock. The success of this joining requires that the vascular tissue grow together and such joining is called inosculation. The technique is most commonly used in asexual propagation of commercially grown plants for the horticultural and agricultural trades its roots and this is called the stock or rootstock. The other plant is selected for its stems, leaves, flowers, or fruits and is called the scion or cion. The scion contains the desired genes to be duplicated in future production by the stock/scion plant. * In stem grafting, a common grafting method, a shoot of a selected, desired plant cultivar is grafted onto the stock of another type. In another common form called bud grafting, a dormant side bud is grafted onto the stem of another stock plant, and when it h |