ˈside-shoot
[side n.1 23 c.]
A shoot growing out from the side of a stem. Also fig.
| 1721 Mortimer Husb. II. 222 The strongest Side-shoots having Joints sufficient for laying, are to be chosen. 1786 Abercrombie Gard. Assist. 110 Plant, and propagate by slips and cuttings of the side-shoots, and rooted off-sets. 1825 Greenhouse Comp. I. 129 At no time should more than one flower-bud be allowed to come forward on each side-shoot. 1868 Rep. U.S. Comm. Agric. (1869) 256 The first step is to trim away the straggling side-shoots. 1890 Child Ballads IV. 40 This broil was no sooner settled than another sprouted, a side-shoot from the same stem. |