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▪ I. understock, n.2 Hort.|ˈʌndəstɒk|
[f. under- 5 b.]
= root-stock n. 3.
1937Amer. Nurseryman 1 Mar. 9/1 One of the most important factors in successful grafting is vigor of the understock. 1955J. S. Wells Plant Propagation Pract. x. 136 Size of understock varies with different types of plants, but pencil thickness is the recognized standard for most plants. 1961H. H. Allen Roses vi. 46 Most of the modern rose bushes in your garden are budded onto a rooted understock. 1987C. Lloyd Year at Great Dixter 106, I always replant with my own rooted cuttings so as not to be bothered by suckers from an understock.
▪ II. ˌunderˈstock, v.
(under-1 10 a: cf. next.)
1765Museum Rust. IV. 267 The same ill consequences attend either over or under-stocking a farm with all other cattle. 1771A. Young Northern Tour IV. 272 If it be asked, why farmers..so much understock themselves. |