rootstock

Etymology

From root + stock.

rootstock means A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 82 out of 100.

noun

A healthy and vigorous-rooted plant that is used in grafting, most commonly as a sound base to support a scion that bears desirable fruit in orchard culture.
The necessary basis for something to develop.“We know more - vastly more - about how we are governed, and that knowledge is the rootstock of consent.”