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intergraft

intergraft verb: to graft each upon the other.

Verb

intergraft (third-person singular simple present intergrafts, present participle intergrafting, simple past and past participle intergrafted)

  1. (transitive) To graft each upon the other.
    • Not all fruits can be intergrafted. There must be a relation between stock and scion. In general plants of the same species but of different varieties may be intergrafted, as any variety of apple, plum or pear, upon another.1910, Charles Orie Couts, Cleft Grafting, page 15

Forms of intergraft

third-person singular presentintergrafts
present participleintergrafting
past participleintergrafted
pastintergrafted

Origin of intergraft

From inter- + graft.

Questions about intergraft

What does intergraft mean?
Intergraft means to graft each upon the other.
What part of speech is intergraft?
Intergraft is a verb.
What is the past tense of intergraft?
The past tense of intergraft is intergrafted.

Words near intergraft in the dictionary

  1. intergraded
  2. intergrader
  3. intergrades
  4. intergradient
  5. intergrading
  6. intergraft
  7. intergrafted
  8. intergrafting
  9. intergrafts
  10. intergrain
  11. intergranular

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