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Definition of 'Rootstock'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rootstock
a root and its associated growth buds, used as a stock in plant propagation.

2. rootstock
a rhizome.

Etymology: (1930–35)

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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk
a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure

2. (noun) rootstock
root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots

Definition of 'Rootstock'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Rootstock
a perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome

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