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rootstalk

noun

Etymology

From root + stalk.

  1. derived from *stel-✻ — “to place, stand; be stiff; stud, post, trunk, stake, stem, stalk”
  2. derived from *stalô✻
  3. inherited from *stalukaz✻
  4. inherited from *staluk✻
  5. inherited from *stealc✻
  6. inherited from stalke
  7. compounded as rootstalk — “root + stalk”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of rhizome.

    • All these species are climbing, briery plants, having long slender roots, which proceed in all directions from a common rootstalk or rhizome.

The neighborhood

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