sprouted

sprout  (sprout)

v. sprout·ed, sprout·ing, sprouts

v.intr.

1. To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds.

2. To emerge and develop rapidly.

v.tr.

To cause to come forth and grow.

n.

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

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

3. sprouts

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

b. Brussels sprouts.

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[Middle English spruten, from Old English -sprtan (in sprtan, to sprout forth); see sper- in Indo-European roots.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

sprouted - (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground; "the corn is sprouted" botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China" up - being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up"