sprout

Definitions

1. 1.To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] Bacon.
2. 2.To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
3. 3.To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
4. 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. 5.pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] Bacon called?
• What is to cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed called?
• What is to deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels called?