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Rootstock

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rhizomenoun(botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.
rootstalknoun(botany) Synonym of rhizome.

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rootstalknoun(botany) Synonym of rhizome.
rhizomenoun(botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots (scions) from its nodes.
graftingnoun(horticulture) The act, art, or process of inserting grafts.
taronounColocasia esculenta, raised as a food primarily for its corm, which distantly resembles potato.
tuberousRelating to, resembling, or producing tubers.
rootnounThe part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction.
standardnounA level of quality or attainment.
bare-rootnounAlternative form of bareroot. [(arboriculture, chiefly attributive) A plant removed from soil in a dormant state, from which it can more rapidly acclimate to new soil conditions.]
barerootnoun(arboriculture, chiefly attributive) A plant removed from soil in a dormant state, from which it can more rapidly acclimate to new soil conditions.
stocknounA store or supply.
root barknounThe bark from the roots of a woody plant.
suckernounA person or animal that sucks, especially a breast or udder; especially a suckling animal, young mammal before it is weaned.
graftwoodnounA shoot of a woody plant used in grafting
puttyrootnounAn American orchid (Aplectrum hyemale) whose slender rootstock produces a solid corm filled with glutinous matter.
ratoonnounA shoot sprouting from the root of a cropped plant, especially sugar cane.
standard rosenounA flowering rose cultivar, grown grafted on the stem of another, sturdier rose variety.
imp treenounA tree that has been grafted onto the stock of another tree.
breadrootnounThe edible root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta).
bread-rootnounAlternative form of breadroot. [The edible root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta).]
standnounThe act of standing.

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