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In [[botany]], '''shoots''' are [[plant stem|stems]] plus the leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems and [[flower]] buds.<ref name="Esau">{{cite book|last=Esau|first=K.|title=Plant Anatomy|date=1953|publisher=John Wiley & Sons Inc.|location=New York|page=411}}</ref><ref name="Cutter">{{cite book| last = Cutter| first = E.G.| title = Plant Anatomy, experiment and interpretation, Part 2 Organs| year = 1971| publisher = Edward Arnold| location = London| isbn = 978-0-7131-2302-9| page = 117 }}</ref> 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 or flower growth that grows on woody plants.
In everyday speech, shoots are often [[synonymous]] with stems.
<gallery class="center">
File:Cucumber leaf.jpg|The shoot of a [[cucumber]]
File:GiantKnotweed048.jpg|Edible shoots of [[Fallopia sachalinensis|Sachaline]]
File:Sunflower seedlings.jpg|[[Sunflower]] seedlings [[germination|germinate]]
File:Persea americana (Avocado) Sprout 08May2010.JPG|A young [[hass avocado]] shoot
</gallery>
== References ==
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[[Category:Botany]]
[[Category:Plant anatomy]]