The orchardist grafted an apple bud onto the rootstock.
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Rootstock
Synonyms for "rootstock" (12 found)
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Translations
22 translations across 13 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- perusrunko noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Galician
1 entries- bacelo noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
German
1 entries- Wurzelstock noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Hungarian
1 entries- oltóalany noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Irish
1 entries- bonnstoc noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Italian
1 entries- portainnesto noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Latin
1 entries- stirps noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Manx
1 entries- bun-sthock noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Polish
3 entries- fundament noun (basis to develop)
- podkład noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
- podkładka noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Portuguese
4 entries- alicerce noun (basis to develop)
- cavalo noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
- fundamento noun (basis to develop)
- porta-enxerto noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Romanian
1 entries- portaltoi noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Spanish
4 entries- base noun (basis to develop)
- cepa noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
- cimiento noun (basis to develop)
- fundamento noun (basis to develop)
Tagalog
1 entries- ugatsuloy noun (a healthy plant used as the base for grafting)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Grafting can join scions with desirable qualities to rootstock that is strong and resists disease and insects.
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We know more - vastly more - about how we are governed, and that knowledge is the rootstock of consent.
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