Meanings
nounfloricane (plural floricanes)
plural floricanes
- biologyA stem of some species of Rubus in its second year of growth, when it bears flowers.
An experiment was carried out to investigate whether detached segments of floricanes during winter pruning of erect blackberries could be used as a source of propagating material.
1997 July, HortScience, volume 32, number 4, →DOI
Origin
See Latin flos (“flower”), English cane (“plant stem”).
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