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greffon — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • graft noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
  • transplant verb To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.

Senses

greffon is used for these senses in English:

  • graft (horticulture) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
  • plug-in (computing) A module or device that interacts with another to add a specific feature or function.
  • transplant (medicine) An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.
  • transplant (medicine) A transplanted organ or tissue: a graft.

graft — full definition

  1. noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
  2. verb To transplant living tissue or a plant shoot onto another body or plant.
  3. noun Dishonest profit gained through abuse of power, especially in politics or business.
  4. noun Hard work, especially informal British usage for effort or labor.

transplant — full definition

  1. verb To dig up a plant and replant it somewhere else.
  2. verb In surgery, to move an organ or tissue from one body, or body part, to another.
  3. noun A surgical procedure, or the organ/tissue moved, in a transplant operation.
  4. noun Informal: a person who has moved from one place to live in another.

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