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   graft

   /ɡrɑːft/

   noun

   • 1. a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap. Similar scioncuttingshootoffshootbudslipnew growthsproutsprig
   • ▪ an instance of grafting a shoot or twig on to a living plant.
   • 2. a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically. Similar transplantimplantimplantation
   • ▪ a surgical operation in which tissue is transplanted. Similar transplantimplantimplantation

   verb

   • 1. insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft: "it was common to graft different varieties on to a single tree trunk"
   • ▪ insert a graft on (a trunk or stem). Similar affixslipjoininsertsplicerare:engraft
   • 2. transplant (living tissue) as a graft: "they can graft a new hand on to the nerve ends" Similar transplantimplanttransfer
   • 3. combine or integrate (an idea, system, etc.) with another, typically in a way considered inappropriate: "old values have been grafted on to a new economic class" Similar fastenattachaddfixjoininsert

   Word Origin late Middle Englishgraff, from Old French grafe, via Latin from Greek graphion ‘stylus, writing implement’ (with reference to the tapered tip of the scion), from graphein ‘write’. The final -t is typical of phonetic confusion between -f and -ft at the end of words; compare with tuft.

   Scrabble Points: 9

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • F

     4

   • T

     1

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