I learned a new word today!
By Fleur
@Fleura (36186)
United Kingdom
July 27, 2026 12:16pm CST
Inosculation.
Have you ever heard this word before? I admit I hadn’t.
It is the word for the natural phenomenon wherein the branches, trunks, or roots of two trees (of the same or different species) grow and merge together in a sort of natural graft, and it is derived from the Latin word for kiss.
So maybe at bed time your partner will give you a little goodnight inosculation 
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@Traceyjayne (13810)
• United Kingdom
27 Jul
I have never heard that word before …..
Your challenge now …..should you wish to accept it ….is to use that word in a sentence tomorrow….
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@Fleura (36186)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul
Well the reason it came up was that I was on a guided walk with a conservation/wildlife group locally, and as we walked down a track they were talking about how that particular track had no name, and we didn't really want to call it after the nearby house; then we paused to look at an ancient field maple that clearly showed signs of having once been part of a hedgerow, and one man who is a bit of a tree expert explained that that particular phenomenon of trunks growing together is called inosculation. So we promptly decided the track should be called 'Inosculation way'. And so as not to forget the word we were all practising using it in sentences 

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@Fleura (36186)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul
@Traceyjayne Ask the Mister for a bit of goodnight inosculation at bedtime tonight 

@Traceyjayne (13810)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul
@Fleura ……lol …. That’s why I set the challenge ….i just knew it was the sort of thing you would do.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17303)
• China
28 Jul
It is a rarely used word,sometimes used in medicine,for example ,blood vessel inosculation.
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@Ineeddentures (46503)
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27 Jul
Pear trees and apple trees do this quite often
The result is papples
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@kaylachan (86584)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jul
No I haven't but that is interesting.
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@RasmaSandra (100890)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Jul
Learned something new. Thanks for sharing.
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@lifecoachjerusalem (1536)
• Israel
27 Jul
One way to become more intelligent is to learn two new words everyday. So I got one down. One more to go!
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