First Known Use: 1915
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1explant
verb ex·plant \(ˌ)ek-ˈsplant\
Definition of EXPLANT
transitive verb
: to remove (living tissue) especially to a medium for tissue culture
— ex·plan·ta·tion \ˌek-ˌsplan-ˈtā-shən\ noun
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Origin of EXPLANT
ex- + -plant (as in implant)
Rhymes with EXPLANT
aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, decant, descant, displant, eggplant, enceinte, enchant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, levant, Levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, transplant, white ant
2explant
noun ex·plant \ˈek-ˌsplant\
Definition of EXPLANT
: living tissue removed from an organism and placed in a medium for tissue culture
First Known Use of EXPLANT
1917
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