Definition of sprouts Sprouts
/spɹawˈts/ - [sprawts] -
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What does sprouts mean?
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- sprouts (Noun)
Plural of sprout.
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NounPlural: sprouts |
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| sprout - a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) | ||
| greens, leafy vegetable, green any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables | ||
| bean sprout any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans | ||
| sprout - any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud | ||
| plant organ a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus | ||
| shoot the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer" | ||
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| sprout - put forth and grow sprouts or shoots; "the plant sprouted early this year" | ||
| stock | ||
| acquire, produce, grow, develop, get win something through one's efforts; "I acquired a passing knowledge of Chinese"; "Gain an understanding of international finance" | ||
| sprout - produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted" | ||
| shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth | ||
| grow come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); "He grew a beard"; "The patient developed abdominal pains"; "I got funny spots all over my body"; "Well-developed breasts" | ||
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Wiktionary
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- sprout (v. t.)
To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants. - sprout (v. t.)
To shoot into ramifications. - sprout (v. t.)
To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed. - sprout (v. t.)
To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes. - sprout (v. i.)
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. - sprout (v. i.)
Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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sprout
A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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sprout
sprowt, n. a germ or young shoot: (pl.) young shoots from old cabbages.—v.i. to shoot: to push out new shoots.—adj. Sprout′ed, budded.—Brussels sprouts (see Brussels). [According to Skeat, not from A.S. spreótan, nor sprýtan, but from Old Friesic spruta, to sprout, Low Ger. spruten, Dut. spruiten, Ger. spriessen.]
