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Added 9 October 2026

transplant

/tɹɑːnzˈplɑːnt/ verb

Latin root: transplantare Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about transplant at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To uproot (a growing plant), and plant it in another place.
To remove (something) and establish its residence in another place; to resettle or relocate.
To transfer (tissue or an organ) from one body to another, or from one part of a body to another.

noun

An act of uprooting and moving (something), especially and archetypically a plant.
Anything that is transplanted, especially and archetypically a plant.
An operation (procedure) in which tissue or an organ is transplanted: an instance of transplantation.

Origin

From Middle English transplaunten, from Old French transplanter, from Late Latin transplantare, equivalent to trans- + plant.

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