enxerto — meaning in English

English meaning

• graft noun A piece of living tissue, skin, or plant shoot transplanted onto or into another body or plant to grow there.
• grafting noun The process of attaching a shoot or bud from one plant onto another so they grow together.
• scion noun A descendant of a notable or wealthy family, especially the first generation.

Senses

enxerto is used for these senses in English:

• grafting (horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
• scion (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.

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.

grafting — full definition

1. noun The process of attaching a shoot or bud from one plant onto another so they grow together.
2. noun The surgical process of transplanting tissue or skin onto another part of the body.

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