Sprout

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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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