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sprouts
verb(sprout)
to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
sprouts
verb(sprout)
to send out new growth
sprouts
verb(sprout)
to send forth or up : cause to develop : grow
sprouts
noun(sprout)
shoot; especially : a young shoot (as from a seed or root)
sprouts
noun(sprout)
brussels sprout
sprouts
noun(sprout)
edible sprouts especially from recently germinated seeds (as of alfalfa or mung beans)
sprouts
plural noun(sprout)
the sprouts of bean seeds especially of the mung bean used as a vegetable
sprouts
noun(sprout)
a plant (Brassica oleracea gemmifera) related to the cabbage and cauliflower that is cultivated for its edible small roundish green buds which are borne on its stem and resemble miniature cabbages
sprouts
noun(sprout)
any of the edible green buds that are borne on the stems of brussels sprouts, consist of tightly overlapping immature leaves, and are typically cooked as a vegetable
sprouts
noun(sprout)
a vigorous upright shoot from an adventitious or latent bud on the trunk or main branch of a tree

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