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Synonyms for rootstock

Most common

rhizome rootstalk stock root footing

All synonyms

Noun

1. Rhizome

rhizome, rootstalk

Definitions

  1. n. 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.

Forms

Plural
rootstocks → rhizomes, rootstalks, roots, stocks…

Example sentences

  • stock Stock prices were mixed on the Tokyo market today.
  • root Quichua is like the root of the indigenous people.
  • footing He wanted to be on equal footing with his mother.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rootstockfalling
rhizomesteady
rootstalkfalling
stockfalling
rootsteady
footingsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
root1
5 letters
stock1
7 letters
footing2, rhizome2
9 letters
rootstalk

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (footing2 = 2 syllables).