'Uncut' in the Bible

Use uncut stones to build the altar of the Lord your God and offer burnt offerings to the Lord your God on it.

just as Moses the Lord’s servant had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses: an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used. Then they offered burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed fellowship offerings on it.

While still uncut shoots,they would dry up quicker than any other plant.