side shootn.
/ˈsʌɪd ʃuːt/, U.S. /ˈsaɪd ˌʃut/ A shoot growing out from the side of a plant's stem. Also figurative.
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1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 164 Severall Sea-plants..grow on single roots from stones, although in very many there are side-shoots and fibres.
1721 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husb. II. 222 The strongest Side-shoots having Joints sufficient for laying, are to be chosen.
1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 110 Plant, and propagate by slips and cuttings of the side-shoots, and rooted off-sets.
1824 J. C. Loudon Green-house Compan. i. 129 At no time should more than one flower-bud be allowed to come forward on each side-shoot.
1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 256 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV The first step is to trim away the straggling side-shoots.
1890 F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads IV. vii. 40 This broil was no sooner settled than another sprouted, a side-shoot from the same stem.
1959 Home Encycl. 156 Chrysanthemums should now be budded and side shoots rubbed out.
2010 Guardian 20 Mar. (Work section) 4/2 You need to cut away the front and side shoots from the length of the branch to be laid, a process known as snedding.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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