2. Verb. (third-person singular of sprout) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sprouts
1. sprout [v] - See also: sprout
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sprouts
Literary usage of Sprouts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The enemies and diseases to which brussels sprouts is subject are the same as
... Brussels sprouts. The hand labor involved in gathering the sprouts and ..."
2. Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen: Or, How to Cook Vegetables by Janet Ross (1900)
"Wash the sprouts and remove any dead leaves. Then put them into boiling salted
... Clean and wash the sprouts well, and boil. Then dry, and put them into a ..."
3. Leaves from Our Tuscan Kitchen: Or, How to Cook Vegetables by Janet Ross (1903)
"Wash the sprouts and remove any dead leaves. Then put them into boiling salted
... Clean and wash the sprouts well, and boil. Then dry, and put them into a ..."
4. Hints on Advocacy: Conduct of Cases Civil and Criminal. Classes of Witnesses by Richard Harris (1884)
"If I may take a cricketing figure, I would say: sprouts is not a hard wicket to take
... sprouts generally comes out " leg before wicket; " he never blocks, ..."
5. Hints on Advocacy: Conduct of Cases Civil and Criminal : Classes of by Richard Harris (1882)
"sprouts generally comes out " leg before wicket;" he never blocks, ... Straight ball
for sprouts—leg before wicket! In the case I have supposed, ..."
6. Hints on Advocacy by Richard Harris (1880)
"sprouts is in a cloud at once—enveloped—you can hardly see him, but what you do
see of ... sprouts laughs through the smoke, and begins to rub his cheek. ..."
7. The Book of the Garden by Charles McIntosh (1855)
"When the heads are cut, the roots should be immediately removed, as no longer of
use, and to prevent exhausting the soil. § 4.—BRUSSELS sprouts. ..."
8. The Principles of Vegetable-gardening by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1901)
"BRUSSELS sprouts The culture demanded by Brussels sprouts is essentially that
... Brussels sprouts is closely allied to kale, but along the straight, ..."
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