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sprout

2 noun
     
sprout2 [countable]
1DFHBP especially British English a small green vegetable like a very small cabbage [= brussels sprout]
2HBP a new growth on a plant [= shoot]
3 [usually plural] American EnglishDF an alfalfa seed which has grown a stem and is eaten
4 [usually plural] American EnglishHBPDF a beansprout
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alfalfa arable barley bran cacao cassava cereal cocoa corn crop cultivate cultivated cultivation drill(n) drill(v) ear fertilize fertilizer germinate grain grower harvest(n) harvest(v) harvester hay haystack horticulture kernel lift maize malt millet oats orchard organic plant plantation potato produce propagate prune reap rice ripe rotate rye scion season seed sisal sorghum sow sprout straw taro till tillage vegetable vineyard viticulture wheat windfall

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