Primocane

Full definition of primocane

Noun

1. (botany, agronomy) A fruit cane in its first year of growth, especially that of a bramble.
• 2007, July 25, David Karp, At Last, Sweet Blackberries Stay the Course, But Courtney Weber, a breeder at Cornell University , is working with Mr. Clark’s primocane selections to develop varieties that could be mown down before winter and fruit the next year.

Related terms

• floricane