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sprout
/spɹaʊt/
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What does sprout mean?
noun
- A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
- A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
- An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
More meanings (10)
noun
- A bean sprout.
- (figuratively, informal) A child.
- A Brussels sprout.
verb
- To grow from seed; to germinate.
- To cause to grow from a seed.
- To deprive of sprouts.
- To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
- (figuratively) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
- (figuratively) To emerge or appear haphazardly.
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/spɹaʊt/
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If the composting process does not thoroughly heat all of these seeds, the compost will sprout grass all over the garden.
Then you have a seed bed which will give the fine roots a chance to grow as soon as the seeds sprout.
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These often sprout, and even throw out roots and leaves to a considerable length, in a temperature very little above the freezing-point.
Others will sprout in spite of all medicinal insertions we know of when these are placed in the inner wood of the stump.
The leaves of these pines are very long and stiff, and they sprout sometimes by pairs, but oftener by threes in one sheath.