rootstock
Origin of rootstock
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How to use rootstock in a sentence
This year, Gamble will begin replanting vines lower to the ground on weather-resistant native rootstock and adjusting the vines’ row orientation to protect grapes from the hot midday sun.
They will also be researching how different rootstocks fare under changing temperatures and extreme conditions and whether reducing the number of vines per hectare will strengthen vineyard health, he said.
Burgundy’s wine region banks on resilient older vines to cope with climate change | Dave McIntyre | July 23, 2021 | Washington PostIt has a creeping woody rootstock, and a rough angular stem; and the petals are generally but little longer than the sepals.
The Sea Shore | William S. FurneauxThe fronds of the Brake are more or less solitary, rising from distinct and somewhat distant portions of the rootstock.
How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora ParsonsFerns are propagated by the growth and budding of the rootstock as well as by the ordinary method of reproduction.
How to Know the Ferns | Frances Theodora Parsons
A thick, short rootstock provided with buds, like the potato, is called a tuber.
Outlines of Lessons in Botany, Part I; From Seed to Leaf | Jane H. NewellIt has a short, woody rootstock; and erect, branching stems varying from two to four feet in height.
Field and Woodland Plants | William S. Furneaux
British Dictionary definitions for rootstock
/ (ˈruːtˌstɒk) /
another name for rhizome
another name for stock (def. 7)
biology a basic structure from which offshoots have developed
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Scientific definitions for rootstock
[ rōōt′stŏk′, rut′- ]
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