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SPROUTS
Proper noun
Sprouts
plural of Sprout
Anagrams
• Stroups, stupors
Noun
sprouts
plural of sprout
Verb
sprouts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sprout
Anagrams
• Stroups, stupors
Source: Wiktionary
SPROUT
Sprout, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprouting.] Etym: [OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. spr, AS. spreótan, 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.
Sprout, v. t.
1. To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.
2. To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.
Sprout, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. sprote a sprout, sprig; akin to Icel. sproti, G. sprosse. See Sprout, v. i.]
1. 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.
2. pl.
Definition: Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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