Shoot
Shoots are new plant growth, they can include stems, flowering stems with flower buds, and leaves. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spring, perennial plant shoots are the new growth that grows from the ground in herbaceous plants or the new stem and/or flower growth that grows on woody plants.
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Famous quotes containing the word shoot:
“I come from a long line of male chauvinists in a very traditional family. To rebel against my background, I didn’t shoot dope—I married a working woman.”
—Joe Bologna (20th century)
“There’s never a dearth of reasons to shoot at the President.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
“We can do without butter, but, despite all our love of peace, not without arms. One cannot shoot with butter, but with guns.”
—Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945)