rootstock en · NOUN
Etymology
From root + stock.
Meanings
- 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.
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(broadly, figuratively) The necessary basis for something to develop.
We know more - vastly more - about how we are governed, and that knowledge is the rootstock of consent.
2009 January 30, Simon Jenkins, “For real secrets we already have the one-and-a-half-year memoir rule”, in The Guardian:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rootstocks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (22)
ro portaltoi (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · es cimiento (basis to develop) · es cepa (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · hu oltóalany (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · pl fundament (basis to develop) · ga bonnstoc (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · es fundamento (basis to develop) · gl bacelo (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · es base (basis to develop) · pt alicerce (basis to develop) · pt porta-enxerto (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · de Wurzelstock (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · pt fundamento (basis to develop) · it portainnesto (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · pl podkładka (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · pl podkład (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · pt cavalo (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · gv bun-sthock (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · tl ugatsuloy (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · fi perusrunko (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · es pie (de injerto) (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting) · la stirps (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)