A short piece of a broken branch remaining on the stem.

A short stump standing out from the trunk, or from a stout branch, of a tree or shrub, esp. one which has been left after cutting or pruning; †also…

In a fruit tree: a short shoot bearing fruit buds; a spur (spur, n.1 7a).

(See quot. 1839.)

A short tree branch; a spur (spur, n.1 7a). Obsolete.

A spur left in pruning a tree.

A short or stunted branch or shoot, esp. one likely to produce fruit.

The part of a broken off branch that remains attached to the trunk.

a bud forming the rudiment of a wood-branch.

British regional. A knot or snag on a tree or branch; a stump or block of wood. Cf. knag, n.1

Botany. A spur-like process on the roots of the bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and tupelo (Nyssa), rising above the water in which the tree…

= 9b.

(See quots.)