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Määritelmät

Substantiivi

1. A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.
2. A germinated seed, an incipient young plant.
3. An edible variety of such, grown and intended as food; examples include bean, alfalfa, kale, and others.
4. A bean sprout.
5. (figurative) A child.
6. A Brussels sprout.

Verbi

1. (horticulture, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.
2. (transitive) To cause to grow from a seed.
3. (transitive) To deprive of sprouts.
4. (intransitive) To emerge from the ground as sprouts.
5. (figurative, intransitive) To emerge haphazardly from a surface.
6. (figurative, intransitive) To emerge or appear haphazardly.