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. |