| 单词 | free stock |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfree stock free stock n. [after French arbre sur franc (1654 in the passage translated in quot. 1658)] Horticulture a type of rootstock (now chiefly of apple) that will not dwarf or restrict the final size of the tree which is grafted on to it, and is typically grown from seed. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting > rootstock graff-stockc1503 stub1587 graftlinga1618 gribblea1641 free stock1658 rootstock1867 understock1937 the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > propagation of plants > [noun] > grafting > plant produced by grafting free stock1658 graft-hybrid1868 bud-graft1930 1658 J. Evelyn tr. N. de Bonnefons French Gardiner i. iii. 32 You should prune but little wood from trees that are graffed on the free-stock [Fr. aux Arbres sur Franc], and which do not yet produce fruit-buds. 1763 J. Wheeler Botanist's & Gardener's New Dict. at Pyrus All the sorts propagated in gardens are produced by budding, or grafting them upon stocks of their own kind; which are commonly called free-stocks. 1867 J. A. Warder Amer. Pomol. 145 Dwarfing stocks are contrasted with free stocks, or those which would have attained the full size of the species, and which, when grafted, produce large trees. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food viii. 624 In a sandy or arid soil, Free stock grows deep roots that can go down in search of water. < as lemmas |
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