rootstock (English, noun)
expansion: rootstock (plural rootstocks)
Senses:
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
wikidata: Q17216
glosses: 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.
glosses: The necessary basis for something to develop.
tags: broadly
figuratively
Forms:
form: rootstocks
tags: plural