cleftgraft

English edit

Etymology edit

Verb edit

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

To engraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, 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 […], published 1708, →OCLC:
  Filberts may be cleft-grafted on the common Nut, and Serviſes on their own kind, or propogated by Suckers, Layers or Seeds

Noun edit

cleftgraft (plural cleftgrafts)

A graft of this kind.

References edit

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