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Definition of Rootstalk
1. Noun. A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure.
Definition of Rootstalk
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rootstalk
Literary usage of Rootstalk
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"Since the rootstalk is usually attached to the deeper lateral roots of its host,
... No record exists of such a rootstalk for any other species. ..."
2. Phytogeography of Nebraska: I. General Survey by Roscoe Pound, Frederic Edward Clements (1900)
"... falls into three groups, of which the fmt is the most important, the others
being based on slight, though constant, modifications. 12. rootstalk PLANTS. ..."
3. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1914)
"This utilization of the substance of the rootstalk was not always caused by famine.
A number of specimens were kept under conditions where rootstalk ..."
4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1904)
"These I have had under examination for some time, but in the absence of the
rootstalk, and other necessary data, I have not been able to satisfy myself as ..."
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