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| trans·plant [ transs plánt ] |
verb (past and past participle trans·plant·ed, present participle trans·plant·ing, 3rd person present singular trans·plants) |
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1. transitive verb gardening relocate plant: to remove a plant from the place where it is growing and replant it somewhere else
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2. intransitive verb gardening be capable of being moved: to be capable of being transplanted
  Poppies do not transplant well.
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3. transitive verb move somebody to another place: to move somebody or something to another place or position
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4. transitive verb surgery transfer body organ: to transfer an organ or tissue from one body to another or from one place in somebody's body to another
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noun (plural trans·plants) |
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1. surgery surgical procedure: a surgical operation or procedure to transplant an organ or tissue
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2. surgery transplanted organ or tissue: an organ or tissue that has been transplanted
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3. gardening transplanted plant: a plant that has been transplanted
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4. resident from elsewhere: somebody who has moved from one place and become a permanent resident in another
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| [15th century. Directly or via French transplanter< late Latin transplantare "plant across" < plantare "to plant"] |
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