rootstock
Noun
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Noun
rootstock (plural rootstocks)
- (agriculture) A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture.
- (by extension) The necessary basis for something to develop
- Italian: portainnesto
- Spanish: pie (de injerto), cepa
- Spanish: cimiento, fundamento, base
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