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Sprout

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shootverbTo launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
germinateverb(intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
pullulateverbTo multiply rapidly.
bourgeonnounObsolete form of burgeon. [(intransitive) To grow or expand.]
burgeon forthverbproduce buds, branches, or germinate
spudnoun(informal) A potato.

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germinateverb(intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
spudnoun(informal) A potato.
bourgeonnounObsolete form of burgeon. [(intransitive) To grow or expand.]
shootverbTo launch (forcefully project) a projectile.
pullulateverbTo multiply rapidly.
burgeon forthverbproduce buds, branches, or germinate
burgeonverb(intransitive) To grow or expand.
germnounA pathogen: a pathogenic microorganism, such as a bacterium or virus.
youngsternounA young person.
growverb(ergative) To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
pushverb(transitive, intransitive) To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
miaonounThe Miao peoples (including Hmong, Hmu, A-Hmao, Qo Xiong, etc.), an ethnic group of China and Vietnam speaking the Hmong-Mien language family.
rejectionnounThe act of rejecting.
sproutagenounSomething that sprouts; plant growth.
sproutlingnounA small or young sprout
sprouternounThat which sprouts.
seedlingnoun(botany) A young plant grown from seed.
outgrowthnounAnything that grows out of something else.
spawnnounThe numerous eggs of an aquatic organism.
sporelingnounA young plant or fungus produced by a germinated spore

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