verb
- past tense and past participle of regraft; to graft again or anew
Usage: horticulture; medicine
Examples
- The surgeon regrafted the skin after the first attempt failed.
- The gardener regrafted the apple tree with a different variety.
- After the rejection, the tissue was regrafted using a new technique.
- The damaged branch was cut away and regrafted in spring.
- The patient’s cornea was successfully regrafted after complications.
- They regrafted the vine onto stronger rootstock.