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rootstock

[ root-stok, root- ]
/ ˈrutˌstɒk, ˈrʊt- /
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noun

Horticulture. a root and its associated growth buds, used as a stock in plant propagation.
Botany. a rhizome.

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Origin of rootstock

First recorded in 1930–35; root1 + stock

Words nearby rootstock

Roots blower, rootserver, root sheath, roots music, rootstalk, rootstock, root system, root test, root treatment, root up, rootworm
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Words related to rootstock

embryo, producer, creator, spring, influence, agent, motive, seed, fountainhead, egg, roots, parentage, generator, author, provenance, germ, source, fountain, progenitor, ancestor

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British Dictionary definitions for rootstock

rootstock
/ (ˈruːtˌstɒk) /

noun

another name for rhizome
another name for stock (def. 7)
biology a basic structure from which offshoots have developed
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for rootstock

rootstock
[ rōōt′stŏk′, rut′- ]

See rhizome.
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