a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. the two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.-a branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.-a portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty.-to insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.-to implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.-to join (one thing) to another as if by grafting, so as to bring about a close union.-to cover, as a ring bolt, block strap, splicing, etc., with a weaving of small cord or rope-yarns.-to insert scions from one tree, or kind of tree, etc., into another; to practice grafting.