rootstock

About 0.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun 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.
2. noun The necessary basis for something to develop.

Similar words

rootstalk rhizome grafting taro tuberous root standard bare-root bareroot stock

Often followed by

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Word family

rootstocks