| 单词 | sprouting time |
| 释义 | > as lemmassprouting time General attributive (in sense 1), as sprouting time, sprouting stage, etc. ΚΠ 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xvii. ii. 501 Winter raine principally is seasonable and good for all plants: and next to it the dewes and showers that fal immediatly before their sprouting time. 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 211 By..soaking the Seed before its Sowing, it is brought into a sprouting Condition. 1849 Cottage Gardener Apr. 24/1 These..may be sprinkled in patches, as decoys, in a sprouting state. 1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 248/2 With boys the sprouting period is generally postponed until the fourteenth year, and it lasts with them until the seventeenth year. 2003 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 20 Nov. (Current section) 27/2 Vegetables such as baby spinach, lettuce, onions, beets and chard are just a few that are delicious in the sprouting stage. < as lemmas |
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