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pousse

sprout, shoot

noun POOS Rare

Also means

push, thrust

Usage Note

Pousse refers both to a plant shoot or sprout and, in everyday speech, to the action of pushing. The phrase pousse-café (a small digestif drunk after coffee) uses the word idiomatically. In cooking, pousses d'épinard means fresh baby spinach leaves.

Examples

"Les pousses de bambou poussent vite."

Natural Translation

Bamboo shoots grow quickly.

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