transitive verb

1. to dig up (a growing plant) from one place and plant it in another
2. to remove (people, animals, etc.) from one place and resettle in another
3. Surgery to transfer (tissue or an organ) from one individual or part of the body to another; graft

Etymology: ME transplaunten < LL(Ec) transplantare: see trans- & plant

intransitive verb

1. to do transplanting
2. to be capable of enduring transplantation

noun

1. the act or an instance of transplanting
2. something transplanted, as a body organ or seedling