A clear and simple definition for graft?

Question

I have checked a few different sources and each vary. Does anyone know a clear, simple definition?

Answer 1

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There are several different definitions depending on the context.

It can mean "corruption", or it can mean "attaching one part to another"

Answer 2

There are at least two definitions of graft that I know of - one is the payment of monies or other benefits for personal gain (like bribery) and the other is the physical union of two different biological elements, like a skin graft or making a modification to a fruit tree by adding a lemon tree branch to an orange tree to have one tree that produces both. It is also a way of creating hybrid varities of various things like wheat, corn or roses or other flowers.

Answer 3

the point of insertion of a scion upon a stock

Source(s): http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/graft