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单词 understock
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understockn.2

/ˈʌndəstɒk/
Etymology: < under- prefix1 2b(b).
Horticulture.
= rootstock n. 1b.
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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.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: under- prefix1, stock v.1
Etymology: < under- prefix1 + stock v.1 Compare earlier understocked adj., and also earlier overstock v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˌunderˈstock.
(under- prefix1 5(a).)
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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).

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