n
Alternative form of bottom feeder [A fish or other aquatic creature that feeds off the bottom of its habitat; a flatfish.]
v
Of a bud, to split from its parent and form a new plant, etc.; of a plant, to have a bud split off and form a new plant.
n
The act of budding or sprouting.
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(botany) The sap of a plant that rises from the roots to the leaves.
adj
Resembling a shrub or tree.
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A plant that has been shaped in this manner.
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A non-native plant species that has accidentally been allowed to spread from gardens and established itself in the wild.
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(countable) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit.
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The original tree from which a scion has been taken for grafting upon another tree.
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A collection of dried plants or parts of plants.
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A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved and arranged systematically; a herbarium.
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A plant succession in which an open freshwater naturally dries out, gradually becoming swamp, marsh, etc. and ultimately woodland.
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A young shoot of a plant, a tree, etc.; a sapling; also, a part of a plant used for grafting; a graft.
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A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.
n
(botany) A single seed or grain, especially of corn or wheat.
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A shoot of a plant, laid underground for growth.
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A plant from which cuttings or other clones are made
n
Obsolete form of nacre. [(obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.]
adj
Resembling mother-of-pearl.
n
(obsolete) A young tree; a sapling; hence, a stick or staff.
n
A small, young, or miniature plant.
n
(horticulture) A small seedling grown in a tray from expanded polystyrene or polythene filled usually with a peat or compost substrate.
v
(intransitive) To bear or produce pods
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A young plant that can be used to create a bonsai.
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(horticulture) A new plant growing from a shoot that can be used for propagation.
adj
Having the form of resin.
n
a plantling just beginning to root.
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(botany) A long stolon sent out by a plant (such as strawberry), in order to root new plantlets, or a plant that propagates by using such runners.
adj
(botany) Extending by a slender climbing or trailing stem.
n
The process of burying oysters in sand.
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(figuratively) A youngster, especially a male nearing maturity.
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(ecology) A herbaceous border found at the edge of a woodland patch. It is usually found below and farther out from the woodland than the woody shrub mantel and the tree canopy.
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(botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
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A small bubble formed in imperfectly fused glass.
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Any supply for planting in general.
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A business that specializes in selling seeds, especially one that operates via mail order.
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one grown in a nursery for transplanting.
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(figuratively) A time for new development.
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A young plant fit for setting out; a slip; shoot.
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The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
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(horticulture) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
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(now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant.
v
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
n
luxuriant plant growth in spring
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A slip from a plant; a scion; a cutting.
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A sturdy, woody plant whose upright stem is used to graft a less hardy ornamental flowering plant on, rather then actually planting it.
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a young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut.
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(horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
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(horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
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A plant from which layers are propagated by bending its branches into the soil.
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A young tree, especially one reserved when others are cut; a standel.
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(horticulture) An undesired stem growing out of the roots or lower trunk of a shrub or tree, especially from the rootstock of a grafted plant or tree.
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A young, tender plant shoot; a bud.
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(biotechnology) An artificially propagated plant that is grown in vitro.
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