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1. The act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location
   "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"
   - transplant, transplantation

1. Lift and reset in another soil or situation
   "Transplant the young rice plants"
   - transfer
    
2. Be transplantable
   "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"
    
3. Place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient
   - graft
    
4. Change the setting from one place or period to another
   "The ancient Greek story was transplanted into Modern America"
   - transfer, transpose

See also: transplantation, transplanter

Type of: be, displace, enter, infix, insert, introduce, movement, shift

Encyclopedia: Transplant