rootstock

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈruːtˌstɒk/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(ro̅o̅t′stok′, rŏŏt′-)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
root•stock  (ro̅o̅t′stok′, rŏŏt′-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Botany[Hort.]a root and its associated growth buds, used as a stock in plant propagation.
  2. Botanya rhizome.
  • root1 + stock 1930–35

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
rootstock / ˈruːtˌstɒk/
  1. another word for rhizome
  2. another word for stock7
  3. a basic structure from which offshoots have developed
'rootstock' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Christmas fern - Provence rose - Solomon's seal - goldenseal - hare's-foot fern - mazzard - orris - orrisroot - pip - puttyroot - rhizome - rough lemon - sprout - stirps - stock - stool - sweet flag - taro - toothwort - yellow gentian

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