sprouting

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.

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.

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

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Noun

sprouting - the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow

germination

growing, growth, ontogenesis, ontogeny, maturation, development - (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level; "he proposed an indicator of osseous development in children"

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acrospire
alfalfa sprout
bean sprout
bean sprouts
bourgeon
Brassica oleracea gemmifera
broccoli
Brussels sprout
Brussels sprouts
bud
burgeon forth
chop suey
clan
cruciferous vegetable
cyme
germinate
germination
Germinative
Mung

Strange children, who meant nothing to me, were playing in the Harlings' big yard when I passed; the mountain ash had been cut down, and only a sprouting stump was left of the tall Lombardy poplar that used to guard the gate.

My Antonia by Cather, Willa View in context

As usual, in their spare time, they lit bonfires, steamed themselves before them naked; smoked, picked out and baked sprouting rotten potatoes, told and listened to stories of Potemkin's and Suvorov's campaigns, or to legends of Alesha the Sly, or the priest's laborer Mikolka.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

In this sheltered defile the weather was moderate and grass was already sprouting more than an inch in height.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

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