Watersprout
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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[…]"
Example
More examples"... 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[…]"
Etymology
From water + sprout?
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