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ROOTSTALK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rootstalk mean?
• ROOTSTALK (noun)
The noun ROOTSTALK has 1 sense:
1. a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
Familiarity information: ROOTSTALK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("rootstalk" is a kind of...):
stalk; stem (a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ)
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