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present participle of sprout.

sprouting

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blooming adj.
budding adj.
green adj.
growing adj.
increasing adj.
maturing adj.
efflorescence n.
growth n.

ADJECTIVE

blooming

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budding flourishing

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blossoming growing opening

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bearing fruit

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barren declining fading sterile unfruitful

ADJECTIVE

budding

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burgeoning fledgling growing incipient nascent promising

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beginning blossoming germinal germinating maturing opening potential pullulating vegetating young

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bursting forth embryonic fresh pubescent shooting up

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dying shrinking withering

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green

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fresh grassy leafy lush raw tender verdant

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budding burgeoning developing flourishing foliate growing immature infant juvenile maturing pullulating recent supple unripe

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bosky callow half-formed pliable puerile undecayed undried unfledged ungrown verduous youthful

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healthy

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adult dying mature old shrinking withering

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withered

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growing

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burgeoning developing expanding flourishing spreading thriving viable

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amplifying animate augmenting budding crescent dilating enlarging fructifying germinating living maturing mushrooming pullulating stretching swelling waxing

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crescive

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failing languishing

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dead dying shrinking

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lessening withering

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increasing

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developing expanding growing rising

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accumulating augmenting booming broadening enlarging flourishing maturing multiplying proliferating snowballing swelling waxing widening

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getting big piling up

ADJECTIVE

maturing

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advancing aging blossoming consummating developing evolving growing mellowing perfecting preparing sweetening

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growing up

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declining dying fading

NOUN

efflorescence

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anthesis developing flowering folding rash redness

NOUN

growth

Synonyms

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advance advancement expansion gain hike improvement increase production prosperity rise success surge

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aggrandizement augmentation boost buildup crop cultivation enlargement evolution extension flowering germination maturation multiplication produce proliferation stretching swell thickening unfolding vegetation waxing widening

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beefing up evolvement fleshing out heightening maturing up upping

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decline decrease failure halt loss stagnation stop worsening

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abridgment compression destruction reduction

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abatement diminishment lessening underdevelopment

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sprouting

In late May, Morticia’s handlers noticed something sprouting well above the surface of her pot.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Visitors can expect yellows and splashes of orange, with more flowers sprouting every day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2026

Images of seabirds, fish, and sprouting maize appear together on textiles, ceramics, pottery, wall carvings and paintings.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026

"The seeds are sprouting and the harvest is coming," Hichilema said, touting a planned nationwide geological survey to map untapped deposits.

From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026

Then Clove begins to transform, her face elongating into a snout, dark fur sprouting from her skin, her fingernails growing into long claws, but her eyes remain unchanged.

From "Catching Fire" by Suzanne Collins

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