root graft

noun

1

: a plant graft in which the stock is a root or piece of a root

whip grafts of apple are usually root grafts

2

: a natural anastomosis between roots of compatible plants growing near one another

oak wilt is said to be transmitted through root grafts

Word History

First Known Use

1824, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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