sprout
Seedling just emerging
Sprout captures the moment when something begins to grow, whether a seed sending up its first shoot or a potato growing eyes in the pantry.
The noun refers to these young growths, especially the edible kind like bean sprouts or Brussels sprouts.
As a verb, sprout describes rapid emergence: New housing developments sprouted along the highway.
Children sprout up, beards sprout on faces, and ideas sprout in fertile minds.
Recently sprouted young plant
- shootDischarge or capture
- budUnopened plant growth
- germinateBegin plant development
- cotyledonEmbryonic leaf in seeds
radicle · plumule · emerge · unfold · propagation · embryo · dormancy · viability
Belgian capital
- cruciferousFour-petaled vegetable family
- brassicaCruciferous vegetable genus
- cabbageLeafy vegetable head
- beanEdible legume seed
alfalfa · mung · microgreen · cress · radish · lentil · soybean · broccoli
Increase in size
- developCause gradual growth
- flourishTo grow vigorously
- thriveFlourish with vigor
- expandIncrease in size
proliferate · burgeon · mature · ripen · bloom · blossom · elongate · stretch
Plant's photosynthetic organ
- leafyHaving abundant foliage
- verdantLush with plants
- foliagePlant's leafy covering
- greenColor of vegetation
vegetation · chlorophyll · photosynthesis · herbaceous · flora · garden · fresh · tender
seedling
Recently sprouted young plant
cotyledon · radicle · plumule · emerge · unfold · propagation · embryo · dormancy · viability · stratification
Brussels
Belgian capital
- cruciferousFour-petaled vegetable family
- brassicaCruciferous vegetable genus
- cabbageLeafy vegetable head
bean · alfalfa · mung · microgreen · cress · radish · lentil · soybean · broccoli · wheatgrass
grow
Increase in size
expand · proliferate · burgeon · mature · ripen · bloom · blossom · elongate · stretch · reach
leaf
Plant's photosynthetic organ
green · vegetation · chlorophyll · photosynthesis · herbaceous · flora · garden · fresh · tender · new
young
Not yet mature
nascent · budding · neophyte · new · emerging · beginning · early · fresh · infant · novice
sweetie
Fond nickname for someone
little one · kiddo · tyke · squirt · youngster · small fry · peanut · duckling · lambkin · darling
- gardeninggardener, gardening, flowers, seeds, soil
- plant anatomyroot, stem, leaves, stems, leaf
- branchingbranching, dendrite, dendrites, dendritic, tree root
- plant growthbloom, bud, buds, flower, fruit
- plantingseeds, seedling, planting, germination, transplanting
- sproutspea shoot, microgreens, shoots, wheatgrass, wheat grass
- bean sproutsGerminated legume seedlings
- Brussels sproutsMiniature cabbage-like vegetables
- alfalfa sproutsGerminated legume seedlings
- sprouted grainsGerminated cereal seeds
- sprouted breadBread from germinated kernels
- broccoli sproutsGerminated seeds of cruciferous plant
sprouting, sprouts, sprouted, beansprout, sproutings, bean sprouts, sprouters, sprouter, unsprouted