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a seed's first defiant fist punching through dirt toward a sun it's never seen
means To begin to grow, putting forth shoots or buds — or the young shoot itself that emerges from a seed or plant.
from From Old English sprūtan, 'to sprout,' rooted in a Germanic family of growth-words (a cousin of Dutch spruiten and German sprießen) that all carry the sense of bursting or springing forth. The same ancient root pushes up through 'spray,' 'sprig,' and 'spurt' — a whole cluster of English words for things that shoot out suddenly. And yes, the Brussels sprout is named for the city; the tiny cabbage's earliest cultivation is associated with that region.
- force
- Some sprouts crack pavement and lift sidewalks
- speed
- Bamboo shoots can grow 90 cm daily
- nutrition
- Sprouting multiplies a seed's vitamin content
- darkness start
- Most germinate before any light reaches them
- old survivors
- A 32,000-year-old seed was sprouted in 2012
brussels sprout — vegetable from brussels, belgium, looks like tiny cabbage heads
bean sprout — germinated mung or soy bean, common in asian cuisine since ancient times
alfalfa sprout — sprouted alfalfa seeds, popular health food rich in vitamins since 1970s health movement