rootstock

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root·stock / ˈroōtˌstäk; ˈroŏt-/ • n. a rhizome. ∎  a plant onto which another variety is grafted. ∎  a primary form or source from which offshoots have arisen: the rootstock of all post-Triassic ammonites.

rootstock

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rootstock See rhizome.

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