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verb-intransitive. To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds.

verb-intransitive. To emerge and develop rapidly.

v. To cause to come forth and grow.

n. Young plant growth, such as a bud or shoot.

n. Something resembling or suggestive of a sprout, as in rapid growth: "a tall blond sprout of a boy” ( Anne Tyler).

n. The young shoots of plants such as alfalfa and soybean, usually eaten raw.

n. Brussels sprouts.

n. A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

n. A child.

n. A Brussels sprout.

n. An edible germinated seed.

v. To grow, where the initial state is a seed; to germinate.

v. To cause to grow from a seed.

verb-intransitive. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.

verb-intransitive. To shoot into ramifications.

v. To cause to sprout.

v. To deprive of sprouts.

n. The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch.

n. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.

To shoot forth, as a bud from a seed or stock; begin to grow; spring: said of a young vegetable growth, or, by extension, of animal growth.

To put forth shoots; bear buds.

To spring up; grow upward.

To spread into ramifications.

To produce or afford by sprouting; grow: as, to sprout antlers; to sprout a mustache.

To remove sprouts from: as, to sprout potatoes.

n. A shoot of a plant.

n. Specifically plural Young coleworts.

Specifically, used to designate the action of silver during solidification. The molten silver beneath the thin solid crust forces up the crust with explosive violence and a part of it solidifies in the form of trees or sprouts. This action is attributed to the oxygen absorbed by the silver while above the melting-point, and seeking to escape at the point of solidification of the metal. Also vegetate.

n. In forestry, a tree which has grown from a stump or root. A shoot is a sprout which has not reached a height of three feet.

v. produce buds, branches, or germinate

n. any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

n. a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

v. put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

"One: eastern redcedar doesn't sprout from a stump like, say, locust."

sprouted    sprouting    sprouts   

grow    acquire    get    develop    produce   

sprout system    reserve sprout method    a course of sprouts    sprout forest    sprouting fungi    brussels sprouts   

brussel sprout   

sprouted    sprouting   

germinate    shoot    bud   

Kraut    Redoubt    about    all-out    bout    clout    crout    devout    doubt    drought   

broccoli    spinach    kale    cabbage    beet    turnip    eggplant    squash    chard    cucumber