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bean sprout

/bin spraʊt/
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Other forms: bean sprouts

Definitions of bean sprout
  1. noun
    any of various sprouted beans: especially mung beans or lentils or edible soybeans
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    type of:
    sprout
    a newly grown bud (especially from a germinating seed)
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