The orchardist grafted an apple bud onto the rootstock.
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Rootstock
Synonyms for "rootstock" (16 found)
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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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