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单词 on its own roots
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on its (also their) own roots
P3. on its (also their) own roots: (of a plant) grown on the original, naturally developed roots, as opposed to having been grafted or budded on to a different rootstock.
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1721 R. Bradley tr. G. A. Agricola Philos. Treat. Husbandry i. §3 iv. 194 I hardly grafted any of 'em on their own roots.
1846 T. Rivers Rose Amateur's Guide (ed. 4) 150 It..seems to flourish on the Manettii stock better than on its own roots.
1914 H. H. Thomas Gardening for Amateurs 696/1 Plants may grow rampantly on their own roots to the material disadvantage of any useful products.
1944 M. G. Kains & L. M. McQuesten Propagation of Plants (rev. ed.) xiv. 334 Why do not nurserymen sell us plants on their own roots? The answer is that in no other way [than grafting] can fruit trees true to name be propagated so rapidly.
1986 J. A. Samson Trop. Fruits (ed. 2) iii. 38 Grafting is especially useful when the rootstock is immune to a disease that attacks the clone on its own roots, e.g. footrot in citrus.
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