empelt
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom empeltar (“to graft”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editempelt m (plural empelts)
- (horticulture) grafting (the act, art, or process of inserting grafts)
- (horticulture) graft (a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree)
- (horticulture) graft (a branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot)
- (surgery) graft (the transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface)
- (surgery) graft (a portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty)
Further reading
edit- “empelt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “empelt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “empelt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “empelt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.