sproutverb
uk/spraʊt/us/spraʊt/[ I or T ] to produce leaves, hair, or other new developing parts, or (of leaves, hair, and other developing parts) to begin to grow:
It takes about three days for the seeds to sprout.
Your hair is sticking up - it looks like you're sprouting horns!
[ I ] also sprout up informal If a large number of things sprout (up), they suddenly appear or begin to exist:
New factories have sprouted up everywhere.
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New growth in plants
- bud
- coccygeus
- collateral
- colli
- colliculus
- collum
- commissure
- communis
- compartment
- complement system
- established
- eye
- shoot
- sucker
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Appearing & disappearing
sproutnoun [ C ]
uk/spraʊt/us/spraʊt/a part of a plant that is just beginning to grow
mainly UK a Brussels sprout
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
New growth in plants
- bud
- coccygeus
- collateral
- colli
- colliculus
- collum
- commissure
- communis
- compartment
- complement system
- established
- eye
- shoot
- sucker
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Types of vegetable