sprout

To begin to grow; give off shoots or buds.

To emerge and develop rapidly.

To allow or cause to come forth and grow.

Young plant growth, such as a bud or shoot.

Something resembling or suggestive of a sprout, as in rapid growth.

The young shoots of plants such as alfalfa and soybean, usually eaten raw.

Brussels sprouts.

Specifically, used to designate the action of silver during solidification. The molten silver beneath the thin solid crust forces up the crust with explosive violence and a part of it solidifies in the form of trees or sprouts. This action is attributed to the oxygen absorbed by the silver while above the melting-point, and seeking to escape at the point of solidification of the metal. Also vegetate.

A shoot of a plant.