Sprout

[imp. & p. p. SPROUTED; p. pr. & vb. n. SPROUTING.] [L. Ger. sprutten, sprotten, H. Ger. sprossen, sprieszen, D. spruiten, A-S. spreōtan, sprytan, spryttan. See SPRIT, v. i.]

1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.
2. To shoot into ramifications.

Vitriol is apt to sprout with moisture. Bacon.

n. [A-S. sprote, sprouta, a sprout, sprig.]

1. The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, or from the stump, or from the root of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch.
2. (pl.) Young coleworts. Johnson.