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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The majority of grapevines around the world, including in Europe, are grafted onto American rootstock, which is resistant to phylloxera.
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024
Breeders can plant the trees closer together to make test plots more efficient, and boughs grafted to a dwarf rootstock start producing apples two to three years earlier than those grafted to a traditional rootstock.
—Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
Occasionally the rootstock revolts, so to speak, and sends up its own shoots.
—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
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Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024
Breeders can plant the trees closer together to make test plots more efficient, and boughs grafted to a dwarf rootstock start producing apples two to three years earlier than those grafted to a traditional rootstock.
—Laura Helmuth, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024
Occasionally the rootstock revolts, so to speak, and sends up its own shoots.
—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
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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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