Spross — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bud noun A small swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
- descendant noun A person related to someone who lived in an earlier generation, such as a child, grandchild, or later relative.
- fruit noun The seed-bearing part of a plant, often sweet and eaten as food, such as an apple or orange.
- scion noun A descendant of a notable or wealthy family, especially the first generation.
- sprout verb To begin growing, as a seed or plant does.
Senses
Spross is used for these senses in English:
- bud A small rounded body in the process of splitting from an organism, which may grow into a genetically identical new organism.
- descendant One of the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations.
- scion (botany) A detached shoot or twig containing buds from a woody plant, used in grafting; a shoot or twig in a general sense.
bud — full definition
- noun A small swelling on a plant that will develop into a leaf, flower, or shoot.
- noun Something in an early stage of development.
- noun Slang for marijuana, especially the dried flowering part of the cannabis plant.
- verb To produce or begin developing buds, or to start growing in a similar early way.
- noun An informal, friendly term of address for a man, similar to "buddy" or "pal."
descendant — full definition
- noun A person related to someone who lived in an earlier generation, such as a child, grandchild, or later relative.
- noun Something that develops from, or is a later version of, an earlier thing.