Synonyms:
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon_forth, sprout
Meaning: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
Usage examples
Perhaps hid in the dull residuum of my poor but honest gray matter lies the seed of real genius that will sprout the loveliest blossoms of achievement."
Her mother smiled, but said nothing; and now, as the days passed by, Mary watered and tended her garden with great care; and when the flowers began to sprout she plucked all the weeds that grew among them, and so in the mild spring weather the plants grew finely.