| 单词 | water sprout |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater sprout water sprout n. a side shoot growing from a latent bud in the trunk or a main branch of a tree; a sucker; = watershoot n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun] > sucker or side-shoot scourgea1382 by-sprouting1562 sucker1577 lateral1578 offset1642 spiney1649 side shoot1658 appendix1664 by-shoot1669 water sprout1688 turion1725 tiller1733 surculus1775 suckler1796 suckling1798 offshoot1814 stool1818 base shoot1835 side-tiller1903 toe1952 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. xix. 474/1 He beareth Argent, two Sprigs, or Water Sprouts leafed and sliped, the one contrary bowing and debruseing the other, in forme of a Laurell or Garland Vert. 1894 Science 9 Mar. 133/2 In fact there is but little difference in this respect between the water-sprout and the nursery grown apple tree. 1944 U. P. Hedrick Fruits for Home Garden vi. 51 Such shoots are called suckers, or water-sprouts, and numbers of them are deleterious. 2013 News-Jrnl. (Daytona Beach, Florida) (Nexis) 28 Sept. Prune broken branches, suckers from the bottom, or water sprouts any time of the year. < as lemmas |
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