meaning of sprout2
1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
2. To shoot into ramifications.
3. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
4. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
5. 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.
6. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
7. a newly grown bud especially from a germinating seed
Related Words
sprout | sprouted | sprouting |
