noun
- The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location.
- usage: "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"
- synonyms: transplant, transplantation
verb
- Lift and reset in another soil or situation.
- usage: "Transplant the young rice plants"
- synonyms: transplant, transfer
- Be transplantable.
- usage: "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
- synonyms: transplant
- Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient.
- synonyms: transplant, graft
- Transfer from one place or period to another.
- usage: "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
- synonyms: transfer, transpose, transplant
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