Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sprout"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sprout \Sprout\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sprouted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Sprouting}.] [OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. spr?ta,
AS. spre['o]tan, D. spruiten, G. spriessen, Sw. spruta to
squirt, to spout. Cf. {Sprit}, v. t. & i., {Sprit} a spar,
{Spout}, v. t., {Spurt}.]
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. [Obs.] --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sprout \Sprout\, v. t.
1. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.

2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sprout \Sprout\, n. [Cf. AS. sprote a sprout, sprig; akin to
Icel. sproti, G. sprosse. See {Sprout}, v. i.]
1. 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.

2. pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. --Johnson.

{Brussels sprouts} (Bot.) See under {Brussels}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

sprout
n 1: any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
2: a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
v 1: produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants [syn: {shoot},
{spud}, {germinate}, {pullulate}, {bourgeon}, {burgeon
forth}]
2: grow sprouts, of a plant


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