cleftgraft
nounEtymology From cleft + graft.
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A graft of this kind.
cleftgraft
verbEtymology From cleft + graft.
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To engraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion.
- Filberts may be cleft-grafted on the common Nut and Serviſes on their own kind, or propagated by Suckers, Layers or Seeds.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: