Definition
| • | To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants. |
| • | To shoot into ramifications. |
| • | To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed. |
| • | To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes. |
| • | 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. |
| • | Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. |