Sprout or Sprouts may refer to:

Botany

Brussels sprout The Brussels sprout is a member of the Gemmifera cultivar group of cabbages (''Brassica oleracea''), grown for its edible buds. Etymology Though native to the Mediterranean region with other cabbage species, Brussels sprouts first appeared i ...

, an edible vegetable of the ''brasicca'' genus *

Shoot Shoot most commonly refers to: * Shoot (botany), an immature plant or portion of a plant * Shooting, the firing of projectile weapons * Photo shoot, a photography session; an event wherein a photographer takes photographs Shoot may also refer t ...

, the early growth of a plant *

Sprouting Sprouting is the natural process by which seeds or spores germination, germinate and put out Shoot (botany), shoots, and already established plants produce new leaves or buds, or other Plant development#Adventitious structures, structures expe ...

, the practice of germinating seeds, often for food purposes **

Alfalfa Alfalfa () (''Medicago sativa''), also called lucerne, is a perennial plant, perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, ...

sprouts ** bean sprouts: ***

Soybean sprout Soybean sprout is a culinary vegetable grown by sprouting soybeans. It can be grown by placing and watering the sprouted soybeans in the shade until the roots grow long. Soybean sprouts are extensively cultivated and consumed in Asian countries. ...

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Mung bean sprout Mung bean sprouts are a culinary vegetable grown by sprouting mung beans. They can be grown by placing and watering the sprouted beans in the shade until the hypocotyls grow long. Mung bean sprouts are extensively cultivated and consumed in East ...

** Broccoli sprouts

Places

* Sprout, Kentucky *

Sprout Creek Sprout Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 creek located entirely within Dutchess County, New York, United States. It is the largest tributary of ...

, in Dutchess County, New York * Sprouts of the Mohawk River, a section of the Mohawk River

People

* Sprout (surname) * Sprout, a pseudonym of the Irish author Michael Carroll (born 1966) *

Sprouts Elder James Lloyd Elder, known as Sprouts Elder (4 August 1904 – 8 August 1957) was an international motorcycle speedway rider.Bamford, R. & Stallworthy, D. (2003) ''Speedway – The Pre War Years'', Stroud: Tempus Publishing. Elder is considere ...

(1904–1957), international motorcycle speedway rider

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''Sprout'' (2012 TV series), a series of Japanese drama aired on Nippon Television *

Sprout (block) Universal Kids was an American children's cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The channel launched on September 26, 2005, as PBS Kids Sprout, a preschool-oriented offshoot of PBS ...

, a program block on Universal Kids, previously an American television network * ''Sprout'' (novel), a 2009 young adult novel by Dale Peck * ''Sprouts'' (game), a pencil-and-paper game *

Little Green Sprout Green Giant and Le Sueur (spelled Le Sieur in Canada) are brands of frozen and canned vegetables owned by B&G Foods. The company's mascot is the Jolly Green Giant. Company and brand history The Minnesota Valley Canning Company was founded ...

, the sidekick to the Jolly Green Giant advertising mascot * Sprout, a former name of

Universal Kids Universal Kids was an American children's cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Media Group division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The channel launched on September 26, 2005, as PBS Kids Sprout, a preschool-oriented offshoot of ...

, an American pay television channel

Brands and enterprises

Sprout (computer) Sprout by HP (stylized as sprout) was a personal computer from HP Inc. announced on October 29, 2014 and released for sale on November 9, 2014. The system was conceived by Brad Short, Distinguished Technologist at HP Inc., who along with Louis Kim ...

, a Hewlett-Packard computer introduced in 2014 *

Sprout World Sprout World is a Danish company that develops sustainable and plantable writing tools. The company was established in 2013 by Danish entrepreneur Michael Stausholm. The company's main product is the Sprout Pencil, which was originally invented b ...

, a maker of pencils *

Sprouts Farmers Market Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc., is a supermarket chain headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. The grocer offers a wide selection of natural and organic foods, including fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, packaged groceries, meat, poul ...

, an Arizona-based chain of specialty grocery stores

Other uses

Sprouts of capitalism The sprouts of capitalism, seeds of capitalism or capitalist sprouts are features of the economy of the late Ming dynasty, Ming and early Qing dynasty, Qing dynasties (16th to 18th centuries) that mainland Chinese historians have seen as resembling ...

, features of the economy of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties {{Disambiguation