1. Verb
To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
2. Verb
To shoot into ramifications.
3. Verb
To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
4. Verb
To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
5. Verb
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. Verb
Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
7. Noun
any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
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