primocane

English

Noun

primocane (plural primocanes)

  1. (botany, agronomy) A fruit cane in its first year of growth, especially that of a bramble.
    • 2007 July 25, David Karp, “At Last, Sweet Blackberries Stay the Course”, in New York Times:
      But Courtney Weber, a breeder at Cornell University, is working with Mr. Clark’s primocane selections to develop varieties that could be mown down before winter and fruit the next year.

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