Pinagtupian (en. Graft)

/piˈnaɡtupi.an/

Meaning & Definition

EnglishTagalog

noun

A process of transferring a part of a plant to grow it on another plant.

Grafting is used to produce better varieties of fruits.

Ang pinagtupian ay ginagamit upang makabuo ng mas magandang klase ng prutas.

The part that is inserted into another plant through the grafting process.

The graft from the mango tree was placed on the guava tree.

Ang pinagtupian mula sa puno ng mangga ay inilagay sa puno ng bayabas.

grafted branch

Indicates a branch that has been grafted to grow a new plant.

pinagtupian ng sanga

graft

The root word from 'pinagtupian' referring to the process of grafting.

tupi

failed or didn't push through

The project we worked so hard on failed, what a waste of effort.

Yung pinagtupian namin ng project, sayang ang effort.

missed an opportunity

Because of the misunderstanding, we missed out on that opportunity.

Dahil sa hindi pagkakaintindihan, pinagtupian na kami ng opportunity na yan.