meaning of sprout2

1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
2.
To shoot into ramifications.
3.
To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
4.
To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
5.
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.
Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.
7.
a newly grown bud especially from a germinating seed


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