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sprouty

sprouty adjective: having sprouts.

Adjective

sprouty (comparative sproutier, superlative sproutiest)

  1. Having sprouts.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of sprouts.
    • The seasonings really cut through the sprouty flavour, resulting in a clean-tasting spicy dish.2013, Christine McFadden, The Farm Shop Cookbook, page 50
  3. Tending to sprout, or grow from a surface.
    • a youth with sprouty hair

Forms of sprouty

comparativesproutier
superlativesproutiest

Origin of sprouty

From sprout + -y.

Questions about sprouty

What does sprouty mean?
Sprouty means having sprouts.
What part of speech is sprouty?
Sprouty is an adjective.

Words near sprouty in the dictionary

  1. sproutless
  2. sproutling
  3. sproutlings
  4. sprouts
  5. sprouts up
  6. sprouty
  7. Sproveri
  8. Sprow
  9. Sprowl
  10. Sprowls
  11. Sprows

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