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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Rootstock \Root"stock'\, noun (Bot.) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s?ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
rootstock
noun
1: a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure [syn: {rhizome}, {rootstalk}]
2: root or part of a root used for plant propagation; especially that part of a grafted plant that supplies the roots
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