sprout
sprout Lexical Profile
sprout Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A newly grown shoot, bud, or germinated stem emerging from a seed, root, or plant.
"Tiny green sprouts began to push through the damp soil after the spring rain."
An edible germinated seed, such as alfalfa or mung bean, or a Brussels sprout eaten as a vegetable.
"She topped her sandwich with fresh alfalfa sprouts and sliced avocado."
• verb
To begin to grow and put forth shoots or buds (of a plant or seed).
"The tomato seeds should sprout within a week if kept warm and moist."
To produce or grow (hair, leaves, horns, or other physical features).
"The young buck had just begun to sprout his first pair of antlers."
To appear or develop suddenly and in large numbers.
"New coffee shops have been sprouting across the neighborhood over the past year."
• Rhymes for sprout
Word Origin & Etymology
Derived from Old English 'sprūtan' (to sprout, shoot forth), of West Germanic origin and related to Dutch 'spruiten' and German 'sprießen'.