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watersprout

watersprout noun: an upright shoot growing from a latent (dormant) bud on the trunk or older branch of a tree.

watersprout: an upright shoot growing from a latent (dormant) bud on the trunk or older branch of a tree
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Noun

watersprout (plural watersprouts)

  1. An upright shoot growing from a latent (dormant) bud on the trunk or older branch of a tree.
    • ... watersprout, or from the old typical bearing wood. / MR. KOETHEN. I have yet failed to know what a watersprout is. If you will give any healthy limb that comes from a tree plenty of light and air, it will develop into fruit[…]1911, Proceedings, page 105
    • ... watersprout may be tied without bending, it is probably better to select another cane, even of a less productive type, that will be less likely to be broken. Where a renewal is desired, such a cane may be pruned to a spur and in[…]1924, Technical Bulletin, page 20

Examples of watersprout in a sentence

  • ... watersprout, F1 canes starting from a watersprout, F2 canes starting from one year old cane, which was grown on a watersprout.1941, Virgil J. Rittich, Eugene A. Rittich, European Grape Growing in Cooler Districts where Winter Protection is Necessary:
  • Watersprout scions are wedged into the cambium layer both above and below the damage in early spring when the bark is slipping.2005 November 30, Michael Phillips, The Apple Grower: Guide for the Organic Orchardist, 2nd Edition, Chelsea Green Publishing, →ISBN, page...
  • ... watersprout shoots (Fig. 2B), Fig. 2.2013 November 11, Y. P. S. Bajaj, Trees IV, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 198:

Forms of watersprout

pluralwatersprouts

Origin of watersprout

From water + sprout?

Questions about watersprout

What does watersprout mean?
Watersprout means an upright shoot growing from a latent (dormant) bud on the trunk or older branch of a tree.
How do you use watersprout in a sentence?
... watersprout, F1 canes starting from a watersprout, F2 canes starting from one year old cane, which was grown on a watersprout.
What part of speech is watersprout?
Watersprout is a noun.
What is the plural of watersprout?
The plural of watersprout is watersprouts.

Words near watersprout in the dictionary

  1. watersport
  2. watersports
  3. waterspout
  4. waterspouts
  5. watersprite
  6. watersprout
  7. watersprouts
  8. waterstained
  9. waterstep
  10. watersteps
  11. Waterston

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