sprout
萌芽,新芽,萌发,发芽
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Definitions
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- : to begin to grow; shoot forth, as a plant from a seed.
- : to put forth buds or shoots.
- : to develop or grow quickly: a boy awkwardly sprouting into manhood.
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- : to cause to sprout.
- : to remove sprouts from: Sprout and boil the potatoes.
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- : a shoot of a plant.
- : a new growth from a germinating seed, or from a rootstock, tuber, bud, or the like.
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Examples
Such pruning is called “topping,” and it increases the plant’s risk of disease while guaranteeing that a load of twiggy sprouts will erupt from below the point of amputation.
Ladle the soup into bowls, and, if using, garnish with cilantro, sprouts, basil, onion, sambal oelek, sriracha, jalapeño or serrano chile, and a squeeze of lime.
We start out with very small sprouts, which we grow in test tubes before we transfer them to a greenhouse, where they’ll develop into plants that will create small tubers.
Many holiday recipes already call for in-season ingredients, like sweet potatoes, squash, kale, and brussel sprouts.
While you collect the rootstocks, keep an eye out for little sprouts at the base of the plant.
Want to shoot lasers from your eyes, or see wings sprout from your arms?
In the garden, giant mushroom sculptures sprout from the ground and wire spider webs hang between trees.
I particularly believed that from the ashes of the unrest we could work to sprout new hope for our community.
A sprout just showing will endure several nights' freezing if there is some warm sun in the day-time.
A long sprout is liable to be broken off in sowing, or killed by cold, after it is in the ground.
"Well, if Willis Morgan's been misjudged, then I'm really an angel all ready to sprout wings," observed the clerk.
Said I not, he holdeth, as yet, but the dead letter—but the seed which is sown shall one day and quicken?