spruit — meaning in English

English meaning

• fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
• 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

spruit 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.
• sprout (figurative) A child.

fruit — full definition

1. noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
2. noun A good or bad result of effort or action.
3. verb To produce fruit.

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.

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