| sprout | 1. <plant biology> To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants. The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch. Origin: OE. Sprouten, spruten; akin to OFries. Sprta, AS. Spreotan, D. Spruiten, G. Spriessen, Sw. Spruta to squirt, to spout. Cf. Sprit, Sprit a spar, Spout, Spurt. (04 Mar 1998) |
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| sprouting | <cell biology> Production of new processes (outgrowths) by nerve cells, for example by embryonic neurons undergoing primary differentiation, by adult neurons in response to nervous system damage or by dissociated neurons redifferentiating in culture. (04 Mar 1998) |
| root sprout | <botany> A living shoot which grows from the root of a plant whose above-ground portion has been cut down. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| syncytial sprout | A localised aggregation of syncytiotrophoblastic nuclei in the villi of the placenta during early pregnancy. Synonym: syncytial bud, syncytial sprout. (05 Mar 2000) |