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rootstock: see rhizome rhizome or rootstock, fleshy, creeping underground stem by means of which certain plants propagate themselves. Buds that form at the joints produce new shoots.
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rootstock

1. another name for rhizome

2. another name for stock

3. Biology a basic structure from which offshoots have developed

rootstock [′rüt‚stäk]

(botany)

A root or part of a root used as the stock for grafting.

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No references found			Among her tally is a rootstock that she intends to use for grafting Au she wants to graft a specimen with deep red flowers to another that has pale petals with a darker margin. Collector's peace by The Week (Muscat, Oman) The rootstock is the type of roots on to which the chosen variety of apple has been grafted. Fruit in a tight squeeze; Gardening by The Mirror (London, England) Cost: Free, though rootstock for grafting will cost a few dollars Scheduled class topics: 11 a. Gardening groups offer day of special seed exchanges at Lane ... by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)			root vertex root zone Root, Elihu Root, Elisha King Root, George Frederick Root, Gladys Towles Root, John Wellborn Root, Waverley root-balled Root-Knot Nematode Root-Knot Nematodes root-mean-square current Root-Mean-Square Deviation root-mean-square error root-mean-square sound pressure root-mean-square value root-squaring methods root-sum-square value rooted ordered tree rooted tree rooter rootkit rootless vent Roots blower Roots Festival rootstock rootworm Roozeboom's Rules Roozeboom, Hendrik Willem Bakhuis ROP ropak rope rope boring rope caulk rope chaff rope cutter rope drive rope drum rope molding rope rider rope sheave rope socket rope suspension equalizer rope-and-button conveyor rope-lay conductor roped hydraulic elevator Roper Lake State Park Roper River Roper, Elmo Ropet, Ivan Ropet, Ivan Pavlovich			roots music roots music Roots of A Mountain Roots of anti-Semitism Roots of Appalachia Growers Association Roots of Rhythm Roots of unity roots on roots on roots on roots on roots on roots out roots out roots out roots out roots out Roots Rock Action Figures Roots to Fruits Roots type supercharger roots up roots up roots up roots up roots up Rootserver rootstalk rootstalk rootstalk rootstalk rootstock Rootstocks Rootstocks Rootstocks ROOTTUYSD Rootwork Rootwork rootworm rootworm rooty rooty rooty rooty rooty Rooty Hill High School rooves rooves rooves rooves Rooyat-e-Hilal Committee of North America Roozeboom Roozeboom's Rules Roozeboom, Hendrik Willem Bakhuis ROP ROP ROP ROP ROP2 ROPA ropable ropak

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