rootstock : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: rootstock	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rootstock
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rootstock n a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure Synonym(s): rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rootstock \Root"stock`\, n. (Bot.) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s[?]ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.