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watersprouts

watersprouts is the plural of watersprout.

Meaning of watersprout

Noun

watersprout (plural watersprouts)

  1. An upright shoot growing from a latent (dormant) bud on the trunk or older branch of a tree.
    • ... watersprout, or from the old typical bearing wood. / MR. KOETHEN. I have yet failed to know what a watersprout is. If you will give any healthy limb that comes from a tree plenty of light and air, it will develop into fruit[…]1911, Proceedings, page 105

Questions about watersprouts

What is watersprouts the plural of?
Watersprouts is the plural of watersprout.

Words near watersprouts in the dictionary

  1. watersports
  2. waterspout
  3. waterspouts
  4. watersprite
  5. watersprout
  6. watersprouts
  7. waterstained
  8. waterstep
  9. watersteps
  10. Waterston
  11. waterstone

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