Shoot+or+twig

  • 111offshoot — noun 1) the plant s offshoots Syn: side shoot, shoot, sucker, tendril, runner, scion, slip, offset, stolon; twig, branch, bough, limb 2) an offshoot of Cromwell s line Syn …

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  • 112branch — n 1. limb, stem, bough, spray, switch, twig; shoot, sprout, runner, tendril. 2. section, division, subdivision, subgroup, member, affiliate, wing, arm, offshoot; chapter, lodge, post, office, local office, local. 3. tributary, feeder, spring,… …

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  • 113bud — n 1. sprout, burgeon, shoot, blade; stem, twig, spray, sprig; floweret, floret. v 2. bud, sprout, begin to grow, germinate, pullulate, send out shoots, put forth; bloom, blossom, open, flower, bear fruit, fructify; spring up, burst forth, shoot… …

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  • 114sprout — v 1. burgeon, bud, begin to grow, come up, germinate, pullulate, put forth, shoot out or up; bloom, blossom, flower, open, bear fruit, fructify; flourish, luxuriate. 2. grow, develop, proliferate, wax, multiply; accelerate, quicken, snowball,… …

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  • 115tiller — I till•er [[t]ˈtɪl ər[/t]] n. 1) a person who tills; farmer 2) bot a thing that tills II til•ler [[t]ˈtɪl ər[/t]] n. naut. navig. a bar or lever fitted to the head of a rudder, for turning the rudder in steering • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME… …

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  • 116tiller — I. /ˈtɪlə / (say tiluh) noun someone who tills; a farmer. {till2 + er1} II. /ˈtɪlə / (say tiluh) noun a bar or lever fitted to the head of a rudder, to turn the rudder in steering. {Middle English tiler, from Old French telier weaver s beam, from …

  • 117scion — n. 1 (US cion) a shoot of a plant etc., esp. one cut for grafting or planting. 2 a descendant; a younger member of (esp. a noble) family. Etymology: ME f. OF ciun, cion, sion shoot, twig, of unkn. orig …

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  • 118fusicladium — ˌfyüzəˈklādēəm noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from fusi + Greek kaldion twig, shoot, diminutive of klados branch, shoot more at gladiator : a form genus of imperfect fungi (family Dematiaceae) that produces one celled or once… …

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  • 119till|er — till|er1 «TIHL uhr», noun. a bar or handle at the stern used to turn the rudder in steering a boat. ╂[< Anglo French teiler, OFrench telier (originally) weaver s beam, learned borrowing from Medieval Latin telarium < Latin tēla web, loom]… …

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  • 120Clematis — Clem a*tis (kl[e^]m [.a]*t[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. klhmati s brushwood, also (from its long, lithe branches) clematis. fr. klh^ma twig, shoot, fr. kla^n to break off.] (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having… …

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