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.
脇芽を摘んだ。
I pinched off the side shoots.
トマトは脇芽をこまめに取ると実が大きくなる。
If you regularly remove a tomato's side shoots, the fruit grows bigger.
主な枝を切ると、その下から新しい脇芽が伸びてくる。
When you cut the main branch, new side shoots grow out from below it.
Composed of 脇 (side) + 芽 (bud). A gardening and botany term.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 脇芽を摘む / 取る: to pinch off side shoots
- 脇芽が出る / 伸びる: side shoots emerge / grow
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 新芽: new shoot — any fresh bud, not specifically a lateral one
- 頂芽: terminal bud — the bud at the very tip of a stem