noun
Usage: often capitalized L
: a young leafy shoot produced usually in late summer by a woody plant (as an oak) from a bud that would normally open the following spring
noun
Usage: often capitalized L
: a young leafy shoot produced usually in late summer by a woody plant (as an oak) from a bud that would normally open the following spring
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012