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water sprout

American  

noun

  1. a nonflowering shoot arising from a branch or axil of a tree or shrub.

  2. sucker.

Etymology

Origin of water sprout

First recorded in 1890–95

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So I got a stick—a long water sprout—and held it out to him.

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