root-shoots

Updated: July 18, 2026

For instance, the clipping of a hedge or the lopping of a tree will cause to develop numerous buds which may have been dormant for years. Leaf-buds occasionally arise from the roots, when they are called adventitious; this occurs in many fruit trees, poplars, elms and others. For instance, the young shoots seen springing from the ground around an elm are not seedlings but root-shoots.

Various - Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1