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  • verb To sprout again.

Etymologies

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re- +‎ sprout

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Examples

  • Incarnata passion flowers invariably die back to the ground at the first hint of cold and resprout every spring.

    Archive 2009-02-01 2009

  • To the point, the cuts were made resulting in the pile at the base of the lilac to the left of the chain sawed curly willow that is allowed to resprout for useful cuttings to make wreaths, etc.

    Veilchenblau Gets a Trim « Fairegarden 2009

  • The plant will often resprout from the broken root.

    Eat Your Weeds: Magenta Spreen 2008

  • Dominant tree species in this formation exhibit adaptations to fire in the form of thick, corky bark to protect cambium tissues and root crowns, which readily resprout.

    Central Indochina dry forests 2008

  • In comparison to species in adjacent dry deciduous dipterocarp communities, woody species in dry evergreen forest resprout poorly after fire.

    Southeastern Indochina dry evergreen forests 2008

  • Adapted to naturally occurring floods and fires and able to resprout, they can turn a burned or cut over.

    Northern California coastal forests 2008

  • It is also able to resprout from roots and broken stems that fall to the ground.

    Exotic species 2007

  • Numerous invasive grasses produce a great deal of flammable standing dead material and many resprout quickly after fires, giving them a competitive advantage over native species.

    Invasive alien species and development challenges in Africa 2007

  • Like other chaparrals, coastal sage scrub is a fire-adapted community with many species that resprout quickly from root crowns or rapidly germinate after burns.

    California coastal sage and chaparral 2007

  • The trees resprout easily allowing for coppice management with good survival.

    Chapter 10 1996

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