empelt

Catalan

Etymology

From empeltar (“to graft”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [əmˈpɛl]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əmˈpɛlt]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [emˈpɛlt]

Noun

empelt m (plural empelts)

(horticulture) grafting (the act, art, or process of inserting grafts)
(horticulture) graft (a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree)
(horticulture) graft (a branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot)
(surgery) graft (the transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface)
(surgery) graft (a portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty)

Further reading

“empelt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“empelt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“empelt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“empelt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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