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rootstock

[ root-stok, root- ]

noun

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


rootstock

/ ˈruːtˌstɒk /

noun

  1. another name for rhizome
  2. See stock
    another name for stock
  3. biology a basic structure from which offshoots have developed


rootstock

/ ro̅o̅tstŏk′,rt- /

  1. See rhizome


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Word History and Origins

Origin of rootstock1

First recorded in 1930–35; root 1 + stock

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Example Sentences

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.

It has a creeping woody rootstock, and a rough angular stem; and the petals are generally but little longer than the sepals.

The fronds of the Brake are more or less solitary, rising from distinct and somewhat distant portions of the rootstock.

Ferns are propagated by the growth and budding of the rootstock as well as by the ordinary method of reproduction.

A thick, short rootstock provided with buds, like the potato, is called a tuber.

It has a short, woody rootstock; and erect, branching stems varying from two to four feet in height.

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