sprout
A new shoot beginning to grow from a seed or another part of a plant.
Newly emerged sprout of common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
All languages
- English
- sprout
- Norwegian
- spire
- Japanese
- 芽 — め — me
- Korean
- 새싹 — saessak
- Spanish
- brote
- French
- pousse
- German
- Austrieb
Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.
Reference sources
- Penn State Extension — after a bean shoot emerges, the dicot seedling has cotyledons, hypocotyl, epicotyl, and leaves
- University of Minnesota Extension — soybean emergence lifts two cotyledons above ground, followed by the first opposite unifoliate leaves
- Oregon State University Extension — cotyledons emerge and unfold before the first two true bean leaves