intergraft

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English

Etymology

From inter- +‎ graft.

Verb

intergraft (third-person singular simple present intergrafts, present participle intergrafting, simple past and past participle intergrafted)

  1. (transitive) To graft each upon the other.
    • 1910, Charles Orie Couts, Cleft Grafting, page 15:
      Not all fruits can be intergrafted. There must be a relation between stock and scion. In general plants of the same species but of different varieties may be intergrafted, as any variety of apple, plum or pear, upon another.