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The verb that fires bullets and the noun that grows leaves, somehow the same word.
means Either the act of firing a weapon, or the tender new growths sprouting from a plant.
from From Old English sceotan, to dart forward swiftly — whether a projectile flying or a stem rushing upward toward light.
Same rootGun shots and plant shoots share one ancestor.
Slang spreadIn Hawaii and Singapore, shoots means okay or goodbye.
Bamboo sprintBamboo shoots can grow a meter daily.