That produces or yields fruit, a crop, etc.; (also) that gives birth to offspring, or is able to do so. Often (and in later use chiefly) as the…

That buds or sprouts.

Of a plant, vegetation, etc.: sprouting, growing. Also in figurative contexts.

That sprouts (in various senses of sprout, v.1).

That starts up. Also as present participle.

Growing in the form of a young shoot or sprig.

Of grain or seed: germinating, sprouting; (of a plant) producing fruit. Obsolete.

That germinates; spec. that is undergoing germination (germination, n. 1a). Cf. germinant, adj. 1.

Putting forth shoots, sprouting. (See quot.)

Sprouting, growing.

That chips or is prone to chipping (in various senses of chip, v.1); now esp. that has become broken at the edge or on the surface.