graft
noun
°A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
°A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
verb
°To insert (a graft) in a branch or stem of another tree; to propagate by insertion in another stock; also, to insert a graft upon.
°To implant a portion of (living flesh or akin) in a lesion so as to form an organic union.