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rootstock
CIDE DICTIONARY
rootstock, n.
A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
rootstock, n.
1 a rhizome.
2 a plant into which a graft is inserted.
3 a primary form from which offshoots have arisen.
1 a rhizome.
2 a plant into which a graft is inserted.
3 a primary form from which offshoots have arisen.
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