Definitions of transplant:

  • noun:   the act of uprooting and moving a plant to a new location
    Example: "The transplant was successful"
  • noun:   an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient)
    Example: "He had a kidney transplant"
  • noun:   (surgery) tissue or organ transplanted from a donor to a recipient; in some cases the patient can be both donor and recipient
  • verb:   be transplantable
    Example: "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
  • verb:   place athe organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
  • verb:   lift and reset in another soil or situation
    Example: "Transplant the young rice plants"
  • verb:   transfer from one place or period to another
    Example: "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"