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rootstock |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rootstock \Root"stock`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s?ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rootstock n 1: a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure [syn: {rhizome}, {rootstalk}] 2: root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
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