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suckering

suckering

6.7
New shoots that grow from a plant's base or roots
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • Blackgum may increase through root suckering following logging events.

Examples

  • After a few years, the suckering of the blueberry bushes created a dense thicket of new plants.

  • The orchard expanded in size due to the natural process of suckering from its roots.

  • To promote growth, the gardener encouraged suckering by mulching around the base of the plants.

Synonyms

tillering
vssuckering
  • Specialized
8.7

The growth of new side shoots from a plant's base

typically includes root-origin sprouts and occurs across many plant types

Surface Forms

suckering singular
suckerings plural

Morphology

suckering = sucker (semi-transparent) = suck + er + ing

The word is a standard suffixal noun built from the horticultural base 'sucker', but that base is a specialized plant term rather than a common everyday word.

Etymology

Suckering for plants comes from sucker, a name for a new shoot that seems to 'suck' food from the roots. So, suckering is the process of new shoots growing from the base or roots of a plant.