sprout, übersetzung im Collins English Dictionary & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

sprout
vb

1 (of a plant, seed, etc.) to produce (new leaves, shoots, etc.)

2 intr; often foll by: up to begin to grow or develop
new office blocks are sprouting up all over the city
n

3 a newly grown shoot or bud

4 something that grows like a sprout

5 See → Brussels sprout
(Old English sprutan; related to Middle High German spruzen to sprout, Lettish sprausties to jostle)

bean sprout
n the sprout of a newly germinated mung bean, eaten as a vegetable, esp. in Chinese dishes

Brussels sprout
n

1 a variety of cabbage, Brassica oleracea gemmifera, having a stout stem studded with budlike heads of tightly folded leaves, resembling tiny cabbages

2 the head of this plant, eaten as a vegetable