rootstock
Underground plant stem
Rootstock is the root system and lower stem onto which a cutting or bud from another plant is grafted.
The rootstock provides vigor, disease resistance, or size control while the grafted portion (the scion) determines the fruit or flower variety: Most commercial apple trees are grown on dwarfing rootstock.
In botany, rootstock also refers to a rhizome—a horizontal underground stem from which roots and shoots emerge.
Heir of prominence
- understockMaintain inadequate inventory levels
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- propagationAct of spreading widely
clonal · callus · splice · cambium · dwarfing · invigorating · take · healing
Horizontal underground plant stem
- tuberUnderground nutrient reservoir
- bulbRounded storage organ
- cormBulblike underground stem base
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
radicle · taproot · fibrous · stolon · runner · sucker · offshoot · node
Dividing via sharp edge
- seedlingRecently sprouted young plant
- cloneGenetically identical organism
- nurseryRoom for infants
- cultivarBred plant variety
rooting · hormones · hardiness · vigor · uniformity · certified · multiplication · selection
Starting point or source
- sourcePoint of origin
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- lineageDescent from progenitors
heritage · base · underpinning · groundwork · bedrock · cornerstone · basis · core
scion
Heir of prominence
- understockMaintain inadequate inventory levels
- compatibilityMutual suitability between things
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
propagation · clonal · callus · splice · cambium · dwarfing · invigorating · take · healing
rhizome
Horizontal underground plant stem
crown · radicle · taproot · fibrous · stolon · runner · sucker · offshoot · node · dormant
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
cultivar · rooting · hormones · hardiness · vigor · uniformity · certified · multiplication · selection · genotype
origin
Starting point or source
- sourcePoint of origin
- ancestorPredecessor in lineage
- progenitorAncestor or originator
lineage · heritage · base · underpinning · groundwork · bedrock · cornerstone · basis · core · descent
fruit-tree
Woody plant yielding produce
dwarfing · semi-dwarf · standard · precocity · yield · anchorage · quince · trifoliate
vineyard
Grape-growing estate
- plant anatomystem, leaves, stems, leaf, roots
- fruit growingfruit trees, harvesting, pruning, grafting, fruit picking
- Peach Farmingpeach tree, peach trees, orchards, orchard, freestone
- plant propagationseed, cutting, bulb, runner, rhizome
- plant stemsstem, stalk, trunk, bole, cane
- planting termssowing, seeding, transplanting, germination, seedbed
rootstockoffshoot
Derivative outgrowth
derivative · branch · offspring · descendant · outgrowth