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Spanish to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Agriculture / trees properties | |||||
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| Selected response from: Michelle Temple Canada Local time: 07:21 | ||||
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4 +5 | shoots |
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4 | sprouts |
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shoots Explanation: Shoots are new plant growth, they can include stems, flowering stems with flower buds, leaves. In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of the stem. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 11 mins (2009-12-31 20:14:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Oxford also differentiates the two as follows: Yema: (leaf) bud Brote: shoot |
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