發芽 — meaning in English

English meaning

• germinate verb For a seed, to start growing and send out roots and leaves.
• sprout verb To begin growing, as a seed or plant does.

Senses

發芽 is used for these senses in English:

• germinate (intransitive, botany, horticulture) Of a seed, to begin to grow, to sprout roots and leaves.
• sprout (gardening, intransitive) To grow from seed; to germinate.

germinate — full definition

1. verb For a seed, to start growing and send out roots and leaves.
2. verb To make something start growing, or to produce it.

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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