| 单词 | daughter shoot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdaughter shoot b. Botany. Designating a part produced by a growing or developing plant, as daughter branch, daughter bud, daughter shoot, etc. ΚΠ 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. ix. §1. 371 A fruitfull vine planted by the Well side, and spreading her Daughter-branches along the Wall. 1709 M. Prior Poems Several Occasions 92 And when the Parent Rose decays, and dies, with a resembling Face the Daughter Buds arise. 1859 H. Coultas What may be Learned from Tree xii. 185 The mother shoot is nourished and its life secured by the daughter shoots to which it gives birth. 1900 P. Groom Elem. Bot. v. 41 The death of the old bulb leads to separation of the daughter-bulbs. 1991 A. D. Bell Plant Form (1993) i. 181/1 The majority of grasses branch repeatedly, lateral daughter branches (tillers) usually having the same general morphology as their parent. 2001 Ann. Bot. 88 1177 (caption) Every second whorl with extra-axillary daughter shoot. < as lemmas |
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