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cleftgrafted

cleftgrafted is the simple past and past participle of cleftgraft.

Meaning of cleftgraft

Verb

cleftgraft (third-person singular simple present cleftgrafts, present participle cleftgrafting, simple past and past participle cleftgrafted)

  1. To engraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.
    • Filberts may be cleft-grafted on the common Nut and Serviſes on their own kind, or propagated by Suckers, Layers or Seeds.1708, J[ohn] Mortimer, “Of the Ways and Methods used for the raising of Fruit Trees”, in The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […]...

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Questions about cleftgrafted

What is cleftgrafted the simple past and past participle of?
Cleftgrafted is the simple past and past participle of cleftgraft.

Words near cleftgrafted in the dictionary

  1. cleft sentences
  2. cleft stick
  3. cleft sticks
  4. clefted
  5. cleftgraft
  6. cleftgrafted
  7. cleftgrafting
  8. cleftgrafts
  9. clefting
  10. cleftings
  11. cleftkarren

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