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understock
[ verb uhn-der-stok; noun uhn-der-stok ]
/ verb ˌʌn dərˈstɒk; noun ˈʌn dərˌstɒk /
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verb (used with object)
to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
noun
Horticulture. (in grafting) the rooted plant that receives the scion.
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How to use understock in a sentence
You cut your scion wedge and then make your understock cut and you will seldom make a mistake after you get experience.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers AssociationAt any rate, the poorest growing pecan in the University of Illinois orchard is on a Wisconsin bitternut understock.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers AssociationBroadview has often suffered winter injury at both locations, and in 1950-51 was killed to the understock at Urbana.
Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Forty-Second Annual Meeting|Northern Nut Growers Association