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sprouted
sprout S0674900 (sprout)v. sprout·ed, sprout·ing, sprouts v.intr.1. To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds.2. To emerge and develop rapidly: businesses that sprouted along the highway.v.tr. To allow or cause to come forth and grow: He sprouted a mustache.n.1. Young plant growth, such as a bud or shoot.2. Something resembling or suggestive of a sprout, as in rapid growth: "a tall blond sprout of a boy" (Anne Tyler).3. sproutsa. The young shoots of plants such as alfalfa and soybean, usually eaten raw.b. Brussels sprouts.
[Middle English spruten, from Old English -sprūtanin āsprūtan, to sprout forth); see sper- in Indo-European roots.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | sprouted - (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground; "the corn is sprouted"botany, flora, vegetation - all the plant life in a particular region or period; "Pleistocene vegetation"; "the flora of southern California"; "the botany of China"up - being or moving higher in position or greater in some value; being above a former position or level; "the anchor is up"; "the sun is up"; "he lay face up"; "he is up by a pawn"; "the market is up"; "the corn is up" |
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