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sprouting |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sprout \Sprout\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sprouted}; p. pr & vb n. {Sprouting}.] [OE. sprouten, spruten akin to OFries spr?ta, AS spre['o]tan, D. spruiten G. spriessen Sw spruta to squirt, to spout. Cf {Sprit}, v. t. & i., {Sprit} a spar, {Spout}, v. t., {Spurt}.] 1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence to grow like shoots of plants. 2. To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] --Bacon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sprouting n : the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow [syn: {germination}]
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