grafter

noun

1. 1. a shoot or bud of one plant or tree inserted or to be inserted into the stem or trunk of another, where it continues to grow, becoming a permanent part; scion
   2. the act or process of inserting such a bud or shoot
   3. the place on a plant or tree where such a bud or shoot has been inserted
   4. a tree or plant with such an insertion
2. a joining of one thing to another as if by grafting
3. ☆
   1. the act of taking advantage of one's position, esp. a political position, to gain money, property, etc. dishonestly
   2. anything acquired by such illegal methods, as an illicit profit from government business
4. Surgery
   1. a piece of skin, bone, or other living tissue transplanted or to be transplanted from one body, or place on a body, to another, where it grows and becomes a permanent part
   2. such a transplanting

Origin: with unhistoric -t, for earlier graff < ME graffe < OFr, a pencil < L graphium < Gr grapheion, stylus (see graphic): from resemblance of the scion to a pointed pencil

transitive verb

1. 1. to insert (a shoot or bud) as a graft
   2. to insert a graft of (one plant) in another
   3. to produce (a fruit, flower, etc.) by means of a graft
2. to join or make as one
3. Surgery to transplant (a graft)

intransitive verb

1. to be grafted
2. to make a graft on a plant