cleftgraft

English

Etymology

From cleft +‎ graft.

Verb

cleftgraft (third-person singular simple present cleftgrafts, present participle cleftgrafting, simple past and past participle cleftgrafted)

1. To engraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.
   • 1708, J[ohn] Mortimer, “Of the Ways and Methods used for the raising of Fruit Trees”, in The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], 2nd edition, London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC, book XIV, page 520:

     Filberts may be cleft-grafted on the common Nut and Serviſes on their own kind, or propagated by Suckers, Layers or Seeds.

Noun

cleftgraft (plural cleftgrafts)

1. A graft of this kind.

References

• “cleftgraft”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.