noun
Etymology
Origin of rootstock
Example Sentences
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In the vineyard, these include using more disease and drought resistant grapes and rootstock, which require fewer chemical sprays and less water.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2024
In other states, efforts to ban the trees have faced resistance from the plant industry, researchers said, given how much nurseries rely on their hardiness in using it as rootstock.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 26, 2021
Previously, folk would simply make new by grafting scion wood of the desired variety to rootstock.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 3, 2020
As a result, these old vines of monastrell, or mourvèdre as it’s known in French, did not have to be grafted onto American rootstock, which resists phylloxera.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2019
The plants, of which two or three usually grow from a creeping rootstock, generally stand where some moisture seeps out.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
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