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sprout

[sprout] / spraʊt /


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Potato flatbread with spruce sprout pesto and pickled white currant.

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2026

"Some branches would die off, and others would sprout up," he said.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

Vauxhall, 150 miles southeast of Calgary, calls itself the “Potato Capital of the West,” but its spud fields whiff of petroleum because they also sprout oil derricks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

He’s long been interested in the mushrooms that sprout on the front lawn of his San Clemente home, but he’s always been too timid to pick any.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 8, 2026

The rain increases and umbrellas sprout like mushrooms amongst the graves.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern