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verso.

shoot (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Suomi language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʋerso/[ˈʋe̞rs̠o̞]
  1. shoot (emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant)

  2. shoot (the part of a plant that grows above the soil)

Where this word comes from

From Proto-Finnic *vërso (compare Estonian võrsuma ~ Finnish versoa), probably borrowed from Indo-Iranian, either from Pre-Proto-Indo-Iranian *wérćos (whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *wálćas, Sanskrit वल्श (valśa, “shoot, branch”)) or Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥ćšás (whence Sanskrit वृक्ष (vṛkṣa, “tree”)).

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