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water sprout definition

water sprout

a fast-growing sprout arising from the base, the trunk, or a main limb of a tree or shrub, often with leaves different from those of adult parts of the same plant

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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