cleftgraft
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
cleftgraft (third-person singular simple present cleftgrafts, present participle cleftgrafting, simple past and past participle cleftgrafted)
- To engraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], published 1708, →OCLC:
- Filberts may be cleft-grafted on the common Nut, and Serviſes on their own kind, or propogated by Suckers, Layers or Seeds
Noun[edit]
cleftgraft (plural cleftgrafts)
- A graft of this kind.
References[edit]
- “cleftgraft”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.