Root-stock

  • 131coppice — /ˈkɒpəs / (say kopuhs) noun Also, copse. 1. Chiefly British a wood, thicket, or plantation of small trees or bushes. –verb (t) 2. to cut down (a tree) near the base so as to encourage numerous slender trunks to regenerate from the root stock;… …

  • 132amphigean —   a. occuring in both hemispheres; Botany, with flowers arising from root stock …

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