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Sprout
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
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. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
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.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.