脇芽

わきめ
noun
side shoot; axillary bud; lateral bud
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1. side shoot; axillary bud; lateral bud
A bud or shoot that grows from the angle between a leaf and the stem, rather than at the tip. Gardeners often pinch these off to direct the plant's energy.
脇芽(わきめ)を摘(つ)んだ。
I pinched off the side shoots.
トマトは脇芽(わきめ)をこまめに取(と)ると実(み)が大(おお)きくなる。
If you regularly remove a tomato's side shoots, the fruit grows bigger.
主(おも)な枝(えだ)を切(き)ると、その下(した)から新(あたら)しい脇芽(わきめ)が伸(の)びてくる。
When you cut the main branch, new side shoots grow out from below it.

Composed of 脇(わき) (side) + 芽(め) (bud). A gardening and botany term.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 新芽(しんめ): new shoot — any fresh bud, not specifically a lateral one
  • 頂芽(ちょうが): terminal bud — the bud at the very tip of a stem

Related Words

Compare: 新芽(しんめ) (new shoot)
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Added 2026.5.24 12:09 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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