To understand who he was, you have to go back to another time when the world was powered by the black fuel and the deserts sprouted great cities ofpipe and steel.
Before we begin the feast let us have a round of applause for Professor Sprout, Madam Pomfrey whose Mandrake juice has been so successfully administered to all who had been Petrified.
I don't think that they are valuable just because they have a large crop, but I'm glad when they sprout in great numbers - even when they are poison mushrooms.
sprout
New office buildings seem to be sprouting up all over the city.
n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2.pl. Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Brussels sprouts (Bot.) See under Brussels. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Sprouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprouting. ] [ OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. sprūta, 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. To shoot into ramifications. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]