0 past simple and past participle of sprout
1 to produce leaves, hair, or other new developing parts, or (of leaves, hair, and other developing parts) to begin to grow:
Almost all of the individuals that sprouted were snapped off trees, although sprouts were recorded eventually for partially uprooted trees.
Limited resources should therefore be directed to apical setts and sprouted setts which have the highest yield potential.
For each of four varieties, histograms depict the percentages of sprouted grains in intact, partially after-ripened spikes after seven days' misting with water (see text).
This helped to smother the weeds that sprouted with the onset of rains.
Military-assisted corporations sprouted in natural resource extraction, fishing, finance, real estate, manufacturing, and construction sectors.
The malt, or sprouted barley, was ground and combined with hot water to generate the wort.
The period of sprouting was estimated as time (in d) from the start of the experiment to when 80% of the tubers had sprouted.
Generally, a newly sprouted lotus seedling will remain healthy as long as it is submerged in water.
