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Rootstock

Dark, earthy soil clinging to the base of a grafted tree.

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Rootstock is a dark brown.

It can be described as dark, dim, somber and gloomy.

Set in white, because white reads best on it.

Rootstock

Rootstock

A rootstock is part of a plant, often an underground part, from which new above-ground growth can be produced. It could also be described as a stem with a well developed root system, to which a bud from another plant is grafted. It can refer to a rhizome or underground stem. In grafting, it refers to a plant, sometimes just a stump, which already has an established, healthy root system, onto which a cutting or a bud from another plant is grafted. In some cases, such as vines of grapes and other berries, cuttings may be used for rootstocks, the roots being established in nursery conditions before planting them out.

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rootstock

Noun

  1. 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.
  2. The necessary basis for something to develop.
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