单词 | understock |
释义 | understockn.2 Horticulture. = rootstock n. 1b. 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 1937 Amer. Nurseryman 1 Mar. 9/1 One of the most important factors in successful grafting is vigor of the understock. 1955 J. 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. 1961 H. H. Allen Roses vi. 46 Most of the modern rose bushes in your garden are budded onto a rooted understock. 1987 C. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018). understockv. (under- prefix1 5(a).) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > provide pasture [verb (transitive)] > understock understock1765 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 267 The same ill consequences attend either over or under-stocking a farm with all other cattle. 1771 A. Young Six Months' Tour N. Eng. IV. 272 If it be asked, why farmers..so much understock themselves. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see alsoalso refers to : under-stockn.1 < n.21937v.1765 see also |
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