understock

[ verb uhn-der-stok; noun uhn-der-stok ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

First recorded in 1755–65; under- + stock

You cut your scion wedge and then make your understock cut and you will seldom make a mistake after you get experience.

At any rate, the poorest growing pecan in the University of Illinois orchard is on a Wisconsin bitternut understock.

Broadview has often suffered winter injury at both locations, and in 1950-51 was killed to the understock at Urbana.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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