transplant

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Science

n. a plant that has been moved from one place to another.

n. a botanical specimen that has been uprooted and replanted in a different location.

“These small transplants need plenty of water until their roots grow strong.”

“The gardener carefully monitored the vegetable transplants to ensure they survived the sudden drop in overnight temperature.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun American English · Informal

n. someone who has moved from their original home to live in a new city or area.

n. an individual who has relocated to a new region or city and is not a native of that area.

“As a New York transplant living in California, he still misses the cold winters.”

“The city's population is a diverse mix of lifelong residents and recent transplants attracted by the booming tech industry.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to move a plant to a new pot or garden, or to move an organ into a patient.

v. to transfer tissue, an organ, or a plant from one location or body to another.

“We need to transplant these flowers into a bigger pot before they die.”

“Surgeons worked for twelve hours to transplant the donor liver into the waiting recipient.”