'Sprouting' definitions:
Definition of 'sprouting'
(from WordNet)
noun
The process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow [syn: germination, sprouting]
Definition of 'Sprouting'
From: GCIDE
- Sprout \Sprout\ (sprout), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sprouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sprouting.] [OE. sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. spr[=u]ta, AS. spre['o]tan, D. spruiten, G. spriessen, Sw. spruta to squirt, to spout. Cf. Sprit, v. t. & i., Sprit a spar, Spout, v. t., Spurt.]
- 1. To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]