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Shoot - Definition and Overview

Related Words: Xerox, Ache, Ail, Anguish, Annihilate, Assassinate, Backfire, Barf, Beacon, Beam, Beat, Behead, Bine, Bite, Blast

A shoot is the fresh young growth of a plant stem. Many animals eat shoots because the fiber cells are not yet developed to toughen the stem. As a protection, some plants (eg. bracken) produce toxins that make their shoots inedible or less palatable.

See also: bud, meristem

Seems a likely candidate for a disambiguation page, and not needed by Botany

Shoot v. to launch a projectile, as in Shoot a gun, or shoot an arrow.

Shoot as an expression means oh no! or that's terrible.

See also: Shooting the brease

Example Usage of Shoot

Anim8td_fan: @rampage198 hahaha, I saw the witch and from all podcasts that I have listened to I did whatever I could to not Shoot the witch lol
skyjack: @ToasterBoy You'll Shoot your eye out, kid.
Stefhani: Shoot on saturday, EDGYYY.
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