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 ]
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 ]
[つるがえし, tsurugaeshi](n) (uk) digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product[Add to Longdo]