verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To sprout again.

   ""These have good root stock; they can be cropped once a year and resprout," he said."

Example

More examples

"I find mugwort really difficult to control because of its tendency to resprout vigorously from rhizomes."

Etymology

From re- + sprout.

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