sprouting
First green emerging
Sprouting is the process of seeds, bulbs, or tubers beginning to grow—sending out shoots or buds.
Bean sprouts are the edible result of sprouting legumes.
The word extends to anything emerging or appearing rapidly: New businesses are sprouting up everywhere.
Gray hairs sprout; ideas sprout; suburbs sprout around cities.
Recently sprouted young plant
- shootDischarge or capture
- budUnopened plant growth
- rootletSmall branching plant fiber
- cotyledonEmbryonic leaf in seeds
plumule · radicle · germination · seed · soil · moisture · warmth · dormancy
Discharge or capture
- tendrilCoiling plant appendage
- vineTrailing climbing plant
- runnerOne who sprints
- offshootDerivative outgrowth
branching · unfurling · lengthening · climbing · spreading · flourishing · thriving · developing
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- revivalReturn after decline
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
reawakening · renaissance · spring · awakening · fresh start · new life · regrowth · recovery
Beginning to develop
- buddingDeveloping from an outgrowth
- fledglingInexperienced newcomer
- emergingComing into view
- blossomingBeginning to flower
developing · incipient · dawning · genesis · origin · inception · infancy · foundation
seedling
Recently sprouted young plant
cotyledon · plumule · radicle · germination · seed · soil · moisture · warmth · dormancy · emergence
shoot
Discharge or capture
offshoot · branching · unfurling · lengthening · climbing · spreading · flourishing · thriving · developing · maturing
rebirth
Spiritual or physical regeneration
- resurgenceReturn after dormancy
- revivalReturn after decline
- rejuvenationRestoration of youthful vigor
regeneration · reawakening · renaissance · spring · awakening · fresh start · new life · regrowth · recovery · emergence
nascent
Beginning to develop
blossoming · developing · incipient · dawning · genesis · origin · inception · infancy · foundation · potential
microgreen
Edible immature seedling
broccoli · sunflower · wheatgrass · cress · lentil · fenugreek · clover · salad · garnish · nutrition
- gardening termsgrowing, blooming, wilting, pruning, grafting
- propagationcloning, seed starting, grafting, cuttings, seedlings
- Seedling Growthgermination, root growth, cotyledon, true leaves, radicle
- emergenceemergence, appearing, surfacing, self-organization, arising
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
sproutingdying
Ceasing to live
withering · wilting · decaying · rotting · shriveling
sproutingdying out
Becoming extinct gradually
disappearing · fading · vanishing · contracting · declining