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抱子甘藍 — meaning in English

bào zi gān lán

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English meaning

  • shoot verb To fire a weapon, or to hit someone or something with a projectile from one.
  • sprout verb To begin growing, as a seed or plant does.

Senses

抱子甘藍 is used for these senses in English:

  • Brussels sprout (chiefly, in the plural) The green vegetable Brassica oleracea var. gemmifera, a cabbage variety native to Belgium.
  • shoot The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
  • sprout A new growth of or on a plant, whether from seed or other parts.

shoot — full definition

  1. verb To fire a weapon, or to hit someone or something with a projectile from one.
  2. verb To film or photograph something.
  3. verb To move very fast or suddenly in a direction.
  4. noun A new stem or sprout growing from a plant.
  5. noun A session of filming or photography.

sprout — full definition

  1. verb To begin growing, as a seed or plant does.
  2. verb To appear or spring up suddenly, often in large numbers.
  3. noun A young shoot or new growth from a plant or seed.

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