engraft
Join plant tissue
To engraft is to insert a shoot or bud from one plant into another so they grow together—the standard horticultural technique for propagating fruit trees and roses.
The word extends to any firm attachment or incorporation: principles engrafted in childhood, rights engrafted onto the constitution.
Graft alone now handles most uses; engraft sounds formal or old-fashioned.
Fix within surrounding material
- instillImpart gradually over time
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- inculcateImplant by persistent urging
- ingrainFix deeply, permanently
root · establish · fix · entrench · plant · infuse · impress · imbue
Impart gradually over time
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- embedFix within surrounding material
- establishCreate formally, permanently
fix · inculcate · imbue · infuse · plant · ingrain · entrench · nurture
Heir of prominence
- rootstockBase for grafted plants
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- spliceJoin end to end
- propagationAct of spreading widely
cultivar · cambium · stock · slip · cutting · nursery · orchard · compatible
Move tissue between bodies
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- tissueDisposable soft paper
- donorOne who contributes freely
- recipientOne who receives something
rejection · biocompatible · surgery · healing · integration · vascular · regeneration · surgical
embed
Fix within surrounding material
- instillImpart gradually over time
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- inculcateImplant by persistent urging
ingrain · root · establish · fix · entrench · plant · infuse · impress · imbue · incorporate
instill
Impart gradually over time
- implantDevice placed inside tissue
- rootUnderground absorbing structure
- embedFix within surrounding material
establish · fix · inculcate · imbue · infuse · plant · ingrain · entrench · nurture · cultivate
scion
Heir of prominence
propagation · cultivar · cambium · stock · slip · cutting · nursery · orchard · compatible · take
transplant
Move tissue between bodies
recipient · rejection · biocompatible · surgery · healing · integration · vascular · regeneration · surgical · take