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Sprouted

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.

  2. To shoot into ramifications. [Obs.]
    --Bacon.

Wiktionary
sprouted
  1. Having sprouts. v

  2. (en-past of: sprout)

WordNet
sprouted

adj. (of growing vegetation) having just emerged from the ground; "the corn is sprouted"

Usage examples of "sprouted".

Tiny, stiff blond hairs sprouted in a tiny whorl from the tagus, tickling my finger.

Or be sure to eat lots of uncooked whole foods that are high in B vitamins, such as grains, cereals, and sprouted grain bread.

Mana breads are sprouted grains with the addition of nuts, seeds, and dried fruits.

His large and muscular body was streaked with dirt and sharpened horns sprouted from his bull-like head.

Flat roofs sprouted sail-like solar panels that turned lazily to bake themselves in the intense light: they cast long shadows over the silver-rib heat dissipater fins of air conditioners that sprawled horizontally below them.

He saw that the tips of her gadget had sprouted a kind of root network, fibers as thin as human hair that dipped into the necklace plastic.

Green-and-yellow-striped tigergrass had sprouted along the roads between the equipment, reaching their knees, which made it tough to walk even with Skin.

The upper half of their swollen boles sprouted concentric circles of whip branches, shaking small leathery leaves in the breeze to produce a continuous discordant clattering.

Yet all the shit Laton sprouted had a terrible logic, drawing him in like the dance of the black widow.

It was marked out by a dry-stone wall that was host to long patches of moss-analogue which sprouted miniature pink flowers.

As soon as it sensed it was buried inside the flesh, and its momentum was spent, the dart sprouted a fur of microscopic filaments.

Vigorous geysers of water sprouted under the compressor nozzles, splashing up against the carbotanium fuselage.

Trees lining the bank became dark and sullen, even the flowers which eternally sprouted from the vines lost their perky glimmer.

The trunk of the pond cypress looked as dead as white bone, but tiny, dark green leaves sprouted from its branches.

Her soul was merely the soil in which the Tree had sprouted to spread its tendrils across the world.