rootstock
noun
root·stock
ˈrüt-ˌstäk 
ˈru̇t-
1
: a rhizomatous underground part of a plant
2
: a stock for grafting consisting of a root or a piece of root
broadly
: stock sense 7b
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Occasionally the rootstock revolts, so to speak, and sends up its own shoots.
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Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2024
Fruit trees are sensitive to temperature fluctuations Fruit trees have two parts, the rootstock and the scion wood, that are grafted together to form a single tree.
—Matt Kasson, The Conversation, 22 Mar. 2024
The new guard has resuscitated Crete’s native grapes, replanting surviving and abandoned vines on hardy American rootstock, and focusing on 11 of the most successful varieties that are now at the core of Crete’s wine scene.
—Shana Clarke, Saveur, 15 May 2024
The Romans, most likely, brought the first rootstocks.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
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Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2024
Fruit trees are sensitive to temperature fluctuations Fruit trees have two parts, the rootstock and the scion wood, that are grafted together to form a single tree.
—Matt Kasson, The Conversation, 22 Mar. 2024
The new guard has resuscitated Crete’s native grapes, replanting surviving and abandoned vines on hardy American rootstock, and focusing on 11 of the most successful varieties that are now at the core of Crete’s wine scene.
—Shana Clarke, Saveur, 15 May 2024
The Romans, most likely, brought the first rootstocks.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 May 2024
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rootstock
noun
root·stock
ˈrüt-ˌstäk
ˈru̇t-
1
: rhizome
2
: a root or part of a root to which an aboveground plant part is grafted
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