A shoot; a twig; a rod. Also figurative.
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| 释义 | the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] (105) sproteeOE A shoot; a twig; a rod. Also figurative. wiseOE The stalk or stem of a plant; esp. a trailing stem or runner, as of the strawberry. spronkOE A shoot or sprout. Also figurative. wrideOE A shoot, stalk, or stem of a plant; a clump of shoots or plants growing together; (in later use) spec. a cluster of stems growing from the… brodc1175 A shoot or sprout. rare. wanda1300 A young shoot, a slender stem of a shrub or tree, a sapling; a slender branch or twig. Obsolete exc. poetic (rare) and dialect. †under the wand: in… breerc1320 A sprout, shoot; in modern Scottish ‘the first appearance of grain above ground, after it is sown’ (Jamieson). scion?c1335 In early use: †a branch, twig, or young shoot arising from either the main stock or the root of a plant; (also) †a stolon or runner, or a young… spraya1387 A slender shoot or twig. spriga1398 A small branch, shoot, or spray of a plant, shrub, or tree; †a rod. Also: such branches, shoots, etc., collectively. Occasionally figurative. springa1400 A young growth on a tree, plant, or root; a shoot, sprout, or sucker; a small branch, sprig, or twig; the rudimentary shoot from a seed. Obsolete. sprouta1400 A shoot from a plant, a bud; a new growth developing from a bud, tuber, or other part of a plant. spiringc1400 The action of the verb in various senses; also concrete, a shoot or sprout. shoota1450 A young branch which shoots out from the main stock of a tree, plant, etc. youngling1559 A young plant, a sapling; a young shoot or blossom of a plant. rare. forth-growing1562 an outgrowth. spirk1565 A sprout or shoot. sprouting1578 A sprout, shoot, or new growth. Also in extended use and figurative. surcle1578 A small or young shoot of a plant; a sprout, sprig, twig; also, a small branch of a nerve, blood vessel, etc. chive1583 A slender blade (of grass); a mote, piece of chaff, or the like; = chithe, n. 1. chit1601 A shoot, sprout. spurt1601 A shoot or sprout. sprit1622 A young shoot of a tree. Obsolete. rare. germen1628 A young stem of a tree; esp. a sucker growing from the base of a felled tree. Also: a vegetative bud or shoot. Obsolete. spurge1630 A shoot or sprout. spirt1634 A sprout or shoot. brairding1637 springet1640 A small or young shoot. set1658 A shoot. Obsolete. shrubble1674 A little sprout or spray. underling1688 A branch, plant, etc., growing under, or less strongly than, another; a small or weakly plant, animal, or child. Now dialect. sobolesa1722 A shoot, a sprout. Obsolete. branchlet1731 A little branch, a shoot; in Botany a smaller branch growing from a larger one (rendering Latin ramulus); figurative a small division or offshoot. springlet1749 A young sprout or shoot. Obsolete. rare. sproutling1749 A little or young sprout. Often (and in earliest use) figurative or in figurative context. sprang1847 A shoot or branch. shootlet1889 A small shoot. Subcategories:— shoots (4) — shoot or blade (7) — spray or sprig (4) — runner, creeping, or trailing shoot (4) — stolon (3) — tendril or twining shoot (16) — straight (1) — sucker or side-shoot (20) — secondary (1) — spur (2) — phylloclade or cladodium (2) — tip from which new growth emerges (3) — innovation or shoot at apex (1) |
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