Is Rootstock One Word or Two?

Horticulture. a root and its associated growth buds, used as a stock in plant propagation.

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.

What do you mean by rootstock and scion?

A rootstock is part of a plant, often an underground part, from which new above-ground growth can be produced. ... The scion is the plant that has the properties that propagator desires above ground, including the photosynthetic activity and the fruit or decorative properties.