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Noun: rootstock  'root,stók
  1. A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
    - rhizome, rootstalk
     
  2. Root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots

Derived forms: rootstocks

Type of: stalk, stem, stock

Encyclopedia: Rootstock