Brussels vs. Sprout

Brusselsnoun

A city of Belgium, giving its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc.

Brusselsnoun

the capital and largest city of Belgium; seat of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Brusselsnoun

the capital of Belgium and of the Belgian province of Brabant; population 1,048,491 (2008). The headquarters of the European Commission is located there. Flemish name Brussel /ˈbrys(ə)l/. French name Bruxelles /bʀysɛl/.

Brusselsnoun

Brussels sprouts.

Brussels

Brussels (French: Bruxelles [bʁysɛl] (listen) or [bʁyksɛl] (listen); Dutch: Brussel [ˈbrʏsəl] (listen)), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (French: Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; Dutch: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region.

Sproutnoun

A new growth on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

Sproutnoun

A child.

Sproutnoun

A Brussels sprout.

Sproutnoun

A bean sprout.

Sproutnoun

An edible germinated seed.

Sproutverb

(gardening) To grow from seed; to germinate.

Sproutverb

To cause to grow from a seed.

Sproutverb

To deprive of sprouts.

Sproutverb

To emerge from the ground as sprouts.

Sproutverb

To emerge haphazardly from a surface.

Sproutverb

To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants.

Sproutverb

To shoot into ramifications.

Sproutverb

To cause to sprout; as, the rain will sprout the seed.

Sproutverb

To deprive of sprouts; as, to sprout potatoes.

Sproutnoun

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.

Sproutnoun

Young coleworts; Brussels sprouts.

Sproutnoun

any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud

Sproutnoun

a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)

Sproutverb

produce buds, branches, or germinate;

Sproutverb

put forth and grow sprouts or shoots;

Sproutverb

(of a plant) put out shoots

Sproutverb

grow (plant shoots or hair)

Sproutverb

(of a plant, flower, or hair) start to grow; spring up

Sproutverb

appear or develop suddenly and in large numbers

Sproutnoun

a shoot of a plant

Sproutnoun

young shoots, especially of alfalfa, mung beans, or soybeans, eaten as a vegetable.

Sproutnoun

short for Brussels sprout