How to pronounce graft

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What graft means

verb

To attach part of one plant to another so they grow as one

In a sentence: The farmer will graft a branch from the sweet apple tree onto the old one.

Where it comes from: It comes from an old French word for a pointed writing tool, because a cut shoot looks like a sharp pencil.

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