đẻ nhánh

Cây lúa đẻ nhánh trong ruộng nước.

Definition

1. Verb (Botany; Agriculture):
   • To tiller: The primary meaning of "đẻ nhánh" is the process by which a plant, especially a cereal grass like rice or wheat, produces new side shoots or stems from the base of the main stem or from nodes near the ground.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cây lúa đang đẻ nhánh rất tốt. (The rice plant is tillering very well.)
  • Giai đoạn đẻ nhánh quyết định năng suất cây trồng. (The tillering stage determines crop yield.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is highly specific to botany and agronomy. It describes a key vegetative growth phase critical for the yield of graminaceous (grass) crops.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhánh (danh từ): branch, shoot, tiller.
  • Cây lúa có nhiều nhánh. (The rice plant has many tillers.)

Synonyms

• To tiller: to produce shoots from the base.
• To stool (used in British English, especially for cereals).

Related Terms

• Thân chính: main stem.
• Bụi cây: plant clump or bush (often the result of tillering).