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sprout

verb as in develop

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The driveway cut through a row of trees on its way out to the crop fields, which were flat and square and covered with bright green sprouts.

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Teams and leagues sprouted within the camps, an arrangement described by one player as “baseball behind barbed wire.”

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Experts at Crab Museum in Margate say they now have people come in "every day" questioning if humans really will end up sprouting claws.

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It attaches to muscles controlling the jaw and finally, erupts through the surface of the skin and sprouts teeth.

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Then, as they sprout, a portion is cut and planted in potted mineral-rich soil in the greenhouse.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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