Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

rootstalk

American  
[root-stawk, root-] / ˈrutˌstɔk, ˈrʊt- /

noun

Botany.

  1. a rhizome.

Etymology

Origin of rootstalk

root 1 + stalk 1

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

A grafted plant on view at the Venice, Calif. design shop Chariots on Fire was created by Kohei Oda, who combined the base, or rootstalk, of one plant with the top, or scion, of another.

From New York Times

Stem: Erect, from horizontal rootstalk, 1 to 2 ft. high, leafy, sometimes hairy.

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.