graft

Healthy skin, bone, or other tissue taken from one part of the body and used to replace diseased or injured tissue removed from another part of the body.

1. Verb. To place a detached branch or bud (scion ) in close cambial contact with a rooted stem (rootstock ) in such a manner that scion and rootstock unite to form a single plant. 2. Noun. Colloquial synonym for scion. See: grafting, graft chimera, graft hybrid.