Shoot+or+twig
21shoot — I. v. a. 1. Let fly, propel. 2. Fire, discharge, let off. 3. Propel, expel, discharge, send forth. 4. Hit or kill by a missile. 5. Protrude, dart forth, thrust forward. 6. Streak, variegate, dot. 7. Extend, put forth, th …
22twig — noun leafy twigs Syn: stick, sprig, shoot, stem, branchlet …
23twig — n small branch, offshoot, shoot, ramification, limb, stem, withe; sucker, spur; switch, stick; runner, tendril, sarmentum; sprout, spring; leafstalk, Bot. petiole …
24twig — 1. n. 1 a small branch or shoot of a tree or shrub. 2 Anat. a small branch of an artery etc. Derivatives: twigged adj. (also in comb.). twiggy adj. Etymology: OE twigge f. a Gmc root twi (unrecorded) as in TWICE, TWO 2. v.tr. (twigged, twigging)… …
25as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined — Cf. 1530 J. PALSGRAVE L’éclaircissement de la Langue Française 161 A man may bende a wande [shoot] while it is grene [pliant] and make it strayght though it be neuer so croked. 1732 POPE Epistles to Several Persons 1.102 ’Tis Education forms the… …
26scion — /suy euhn/, n. 1. a descendant. 2. Also, cion. a shoot or twig, esp. one cut for grafting or planting; a cutting. [1275 1325; ME shoot, twig < OF cion < Frankish *ki (cf. OE cinan, OS kinan, OHG chinan to sprout, OE cith, OS kith sprout) + OF on… …
27ingrafted — adj. grafted in, inserted in (of a shoot or twig); implanted, incorporated, taken in (also ingraft) in·graft || ɪn græft / grÉ‘Ëft v. insert a shoot or twig from one tree into another for propagation; implant, incorporate, take in (also… …
28ingrafting — n. insertion of a shoot or twig from one tree into another for propagation; implanting, incorporating, grafting in (also engrafting) in·graft || ɪn græft / grÉ‘Ëft v. insert a shoot or twig from one tree into another for propagation; implant …
29graft — graft1 noun 1》 a shoot or twig inserted into a slit on the trunk or stem of a living plant, from which it receives sap. 2》 a piece of living tissue that is transplanted surgically. ↘an operation in which tissue is transplanted. verb 1》 insert …
30scion — [ sʌɪən] noun 1》 a young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting. 2》 a descendant of a notable family or one with a long lineage. Origin ME: from OFr. ciun shoot, twig , of unknown origin …
