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cleftgrafting

cleftgrafting is the present participle and gerund 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 cleftgrafting

What is cleftgrafting the present participle and gerund of?
Cleftgrafting is the present participle and gerund of cleftgraft.

Words near cleftgrafting in the dictionary

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

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