rootstock
nounA root system of a plant, often with a portion of the stem, to which a shoot or bud is grafted.
nounIn botany, same as
The original ground or cause of anything; a root.
nounIn zoology, a cormus, as of a zoöphyte; a rhizocaulus.
nounA perennial underground stem, producing leafly s�ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.
nounA healthy plant that is used as the base for
The necessary basis for something to develop
nounroot or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
nouna horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure