SPRIG

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~ge Date: 14th century 1. a small shoot ; twig , a small division of grass used for propagation, 2. heir , youth , a small specimen, an ornament resembling a ~, stemmed flower, or leaf, a small headless nail ; brad , II. transitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1713 to drive ~s or brads into, to mark or adorn with the representation of plant ~s, to propagate (a grass) by means of stolons or small divisions