A cardinal organ part (PO:0025001) of a shoot axis (PO:0025029) where a bud (PO:0000055) may form and develop into a branch (PO:0025073), leaf (PO:0025034), flower (PO:0004541), inflorescence (PO:0009049) or nodal root (PO:0003005). [source: GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal, POC:curators, POC:Laurel_Cooper]