| verb | produce buds, branches, or germinate “the potatoes sprouted” |
| verb | work out “We have developed a new theory of evolution” |
| verb | cause to grow or sprout “the plentiful rain germinated my plants” |
| shoot | noun | a new branch |
| germ | noun | a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism |
| germination | noun | the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow |
| pullulation | noun | asexual reproduction in which a local growth on the surface or in the body of the parent becomes a separate individual |
| sprout | noun | a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed) |
| sprouting | noun | the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow |