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sprout

Pronunciation: /spɹaʊt/

The English word “sprout” has 12 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
  2. A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
  3. An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
  4. A bean sprout.
  5. A child.
  6. A Brussels sprout.

verb

  1. To grow from seed; to germinate.
  2. To cause to grow from a seed.
  3. To deprive of sprouts.
  4. To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
  5. To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
  6. To emerge or appear haphazardly.

Etymology

From Middle English sproute, either from Middle English sprouten (“to sprout”) (see below); or from Middle Dutch sprute or Middle Low German sprûte (“sprout”), all related to Proto-West Germanic *spreutan. Doublet of spruit.

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