Look up: Sucker

1. Sucker
   a shoot arising from the root or lower part of the stem of a plant.
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2. Sucker
   A shoot which arises from an underground shoot or root of a plant.
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3. Sucker
   A name popularly applied to various types of freshwater fish closely related to carp. Suckers live and feed near the bottoms of streams. They may be cooked in any way appropriate for other fish.
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4. Sucker
   An extra stem growing direct from the roots, usually best removed from grafted plants.
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5. sucker
   [n] - a shoot arising from a plant`s roots 2. [n] - a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw) 3. [n] - flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws 4. [n] - an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction ...
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6. Sucker
   A shoot sprouting from below ground at the base of a plant. In the case of grafted plants, suckers grow from the rootstock and should be torn off at their point of origin
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7. sucker
   a shoot arising from below ground level,either from a rhizome(e.g.,bamboos),or from a root(e.g.,Populus sp.) Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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8. Sucker
   Suck'er (sŭk'ẽr) noun 1. One who, or that which, sucks; esp., one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. Beau. & Fl. 3. T...
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9. Sucker
   Suck'er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Suckered ; present participle & verbal noun Suckering .] To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize.
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10. Sucker
    Suck'er intransitive verb To form suckers; as, corn suckers abundantly.
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11. sucker
    1. One who, or that which, sucks; especially, one of the organs by which certain animals, as the octopus and remora, adhere to other bodies. ... 2. A suckling; a sucking animal. ... 3. The embolus, or bucket, of a pump; also, the valve of a pump basket. ... 4. A pipe through which anything is drawn....
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12. sucker
    noun a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw)
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13. sucker
    noun a shoot arising from a plant`s roots
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14. Sucker
    • (n.) A parasite; a sponger. See def. 6, above. • (n.) A pipe through which anything is drawn. • (n.) The lumpfish. • (n.) Any one of numerous species of North American fresh-water cyprinoid fishes of the family Catostomidae; so called because the lips are protrusile. The flesh ...
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15. sucker
    (from the article `tree`) ...were formed by or outside the shoot meristem but became dormant until induced by environmental factors. Rather unique adventitious buds may ... ...readily form shoots (called adventitious, because they do not form from nodes). The sweet potato and dahlia are propagated by tuberous roots. ... ...initiated ...
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16. sucker
    any of the freshwater fishes constituting the family Catostomidae, similar to and closely related to the carp and minnows (Cyprinidae). There are ... [1 related articles]
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17. Sucker
    Sucker is slang for a gullible person.
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18. Sucker
    Sucker is slang for a gullible person.
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19. Sucker
    A shoot that arises at or below ground level from a plant's root or underground stem.
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20. sucker
    sucker, common name for members of the family Catostomidae, freshwater fish related to the minnow and catfish families and like them possessing an intricate set of bones forming a highly sensitive hearing apparatus. Suckers range in size from 6 in. (15 cm) to 3 ft (90 cm). They have fleshy, sucking ...
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21. Sucker
    A growth originating from the rootstock of a grafted plant.
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22. Sucker
    (parasitic worms anatomy) The `sucker` is an attachment organ of parasitic worms. In Platyhelminths: In Platyhelminths (flatworms), the sucker is called bothridium. <br>In the class Trematodes (flukes), there are an oral sucker and a ventral sucker or acetabulum as exemplified by
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