1. A root system of a plant, often with a portion of the stem, to which a shoot or bud is grafted.

What does rootstock mean?

1 : a rhizomatous underground part of a plant. 2 : a stock for grafting consisting of a root or a piece of root broadly : stock sense 7b.

What is another word for rootstock?

In this page you can discover 20 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for rootstock, like: mother, beginning, derivation, fount, fountainhead, origin, provenance, provenience, rhizome, tuber and fruit-tree.