rootstock
noun
- Bot.
- rhizome
- a plant onto which another is grafted as a new top
- Zool. the rootlike, attached portion of a hydroid colony
See rootstock in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ro͞otˈstŏkˌ, ro͝otˈ-)
noun- See rhizome.
- A root or part of a root used as a stock for plant propagation.
- A source or origin.
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