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Meaning of Rootstock | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  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.
    broadly, figuratively

Equivalents

العربية الجذر
Bosanski čepa
Deutsch Unterlage Wurzelstock
Español base cepa cimiento fundamento pie (de injerto)
Suomi perusrunko
Galego bacelo
עברית כנה
Hrvatski čepa
Italiano portainnesto
日本語 根茎
Latina stirps
Polski fundament podkład podkładka
Português alicerce cavalo fundamento porta-enxerto
Română portaltoi
Српски čepa

Examples

“We know more - vastly more - about how we are governed, and that knowledge is the rootstock of consent.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Rootstown rootwork rootworker rootworm Rooty Hill rooves

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