retoño

Definitions of retoño
  1. noun
    a natural consequence of development
    synonyms: hijuela, offset, rama, vástago
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    type of:
    consecuencia, efecto, resultado
    a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  2. noun
    any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
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    types:
    vástago
    a new branch
    yema
    a bud from which leaves (but not flowers) develop
    type of:
    órgano, órgano vegetal
    a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus
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