Shoot

A shoot is the fresh young growth of a plant stem. Many animals eat shoots because the fiber cells are not yet developed to toughen the stem. As a protection, some plants (eg. bracken) produce toxins that make their shoots inedible or less palatable.

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See also: bud, meristem

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Plant: Land plants (embryophytes)Non-vascular plants (bryophytes)Hepaticophyta - liverwortsAnthocerotophyta - hornwortsBryophyta - mossesVascular plants (tracheophytes)Lycopodiophyta - clubmossesEquisetophyta - horsetailsPteridophyta - "true" fernsPsilotophyta - whisk fernsOphioglossophyta - adderstonguesS...

Stem: In common parlance, a stem is any elongated, usually narrow, extension or supporting structure of an object. Examples are the stem of a smoking pipe, stem of a cut flower, stem of a wine glass, etc. Uses of the term specific to certain fields are as follow:...

Bracken: Pteridium aquilinum...

Shoot related Images and Photos (experimental)

Shoot 'Em Up	Shoot 'Em Up	Shoot 'Em Up (BD)	Shoot 'Em Up (DVD)
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Jesca Hoop: Shoot 'Em Up OST CD	Jesca Hoop: Shoot 'Em Up OST CD	UFC 69: Shoot Out DVD	Just Shoot Me - Seasons One and Two