What does "sprout" mean?
Sprout: To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] Bacon.
Additional senses
- 2.To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
- 3.To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
- 4.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.
- 5.pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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