transplant

Meanings

Verb

• 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).
• Anything that is transplanted.
• An operation in which tissue or an organ is transplanted.
• A transplanted organ or tissue.
• Someone who is not native to their area of residence.

Origin

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