The Clue
Transplant, of a sort (5 letter answer)
The Answer
GRAFT
Tags
Notes
The answer GRAFT is seen occasionally, appearing about once every 850 puzzles.
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Definition
GRAFT as a noun:
1. (graft, transplant) = (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
2. (bribery, graft) = the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage
3. (graft, grafting) = the act of grafting something onto something else
GRAFT as a verb:
1. (graft, engraft, ingraft) = cause to grow together parts from different plants; "graft the cherry tree branch onto the plum tree"
2. (transplant, graft) = place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient