A young shoot or twig.

In a tree or shrub: The shoot which grows at the apex of the stem, or of a principal branch; also, a bine.

The primary shoot of a vine or tree; a shoot, twig, etc., which in pruning is left to run up and form the main stem. Obsolete. rare.

A twig or off-shoot fit for use in grafting; a scion, sucker; hence gen. a branch, plant. Obsolete.

transferred. A shoot from the root of a vine, rose-bush, or other trained shrub, which robs the main stem of its strength.

That has the front place; that goes first or in front on the line of movement. leading wheels: the front pair of wheels of a locomotive (so leading…

a shoot arising from an adventitious bud at the base of a tree.

= Lammas growth n.