Third-person singular simple present indicative form of graft

plural of graft

simple past tense and past participle of graft

Any tool used in grafting.

A very strong curved spade used in digging canals

(horticulture) a method of grafting in which the scion is placed in a cleft or slit in the stock or stump made by sawing off a branch, usually in such a manner that its bark evenly joins that of the stock.

A method of grafting in which the alburnum and inner bark are separated, and between them is inserted the lower end of the scion cut slantwise.

a composition of rosin, beeswax, tallow, etc., used in binding up the wounds of newly grafted trees.

A mode of grafting in which the scion, cut quite across very obliquely, so as to give it the form of a slender wedge, is thrust down inside of the bark of the stock or stem into which it is inserted, the cut side of the scion being next the wood of the stock.

(horticulture) a method of grafting by cutting the ends of the scion and stock completely across and obliquely, in such a manner that the sections are of the same shape, then lapping the ends so that the one cut surface exactly fits the other, and securing them by tying or otherwise.