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SPROUT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("sprout" is a kind of...):

green; greens; leafy vegetable (any of various leafy plants or their leaves and stems eaten as vegetables)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sprout"):

bean sprout (any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans)

alfalfa sprout (sprouted alfalfa seeds)

Derivation:

sprout (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots)

sprout (produce buds, branches, or germinate)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sprout" is a kind of...):

plant organ (a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sprout"):

shoot (a new branch)

bud (a swelling on a plant stem consisting of overlapping immature leaves or petals)

Derivation:

sprout (put forth and grow sprouts or shoots)

sprout (produce buds, branches, or germinate)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots

Example:

the plant sprouted early this year

Synonyms:

sprout; stock

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "sprout" is one way to...):

acquire; develop; get; grow; produce (come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes))

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

sprout (a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed))

sprout (any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud)

sprouting (the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Produce buds, branches, or germinate

Example:

the potatoes sprouted

Synonyms:

bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "sprout" is one way to...):

grow (increase in size by natural process)

Verb group:

germinate (cause to grow or sprout)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

sprout (a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed))

sprout (any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud)

sprouting (the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow)

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 Context examples: 

You see that plant behind the animal; I suppose you thought it was a dandelion or a Brussels sprout—what?

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I have sown my corn, and Nature has her work to do in making it sprout; if he sprout at all, there's some promise; and I wait till the ear begins to swell.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

"All the Brassicas — be they Indian mustard, broccoli or Brussels sprouts — make these pungent, sulfur-smelling compounds, the glucosinolates," Jez said.

(Is a milder mustard on the way?, National Science Foundation)

Instead, Mars has umbrella-shaped magnetic fields that sprout out of the ground like mushrooms, here and there, but mainly in the southern hemisphere.

(Auroras on Mars, NASA)

The chemical processes that influence biodiversity by stimulating the sprouting and blossoming of plants, fruiting and seed dispersal, are regulated partly by fires.

(Fire control harms biodiversity in Brazilian savannah, SciDev.Net)

Brassica vegetables, including broccoli, cabbage, kale, Brussels sprouts, turnip and cauliflower, contain a significant amount of glucosinolates.

(Brassica vegetable, NCI Thesaurus)

Diindolylmethane is found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, and kale.

(Diindolylmethane, NCI Dictionary)

A phytonutrient and plant indole found in cruciferous vegetables including broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower and kale, with potential anti-androgenic and antineoplastic activities.

(Diindolylmethane, NCI Thesaurus)

A member of the family of vegetables that includes broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, collard greens, kale, and turnips.

(Brassica vegetable, NCI Dictionary)

DIM is found in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, and kale.

(DIM, NCI Dictionary)