Noun

(en noun)

(botany, agronomy) A fruit cane in its first year of growth, especially that of a bramble.

*{{quote-news, year=2007, date=July 25, author=David Karp, title=At Last, Sweet Blackberries Stay the Course, work=New York Times citation

, passage=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. }}