Usually means: Small stem bearing leaves, flowers.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word sprig:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. sprig: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sprig: Merriam-Webster
  3. sprig, sprig: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sprig: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sprig: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sprig: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sprig, sprig: Wordnik
  8. sprig: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sprig: Wiktionary
  10. sprig: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sprig: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sprig: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sprig: Dictionary.com
  14. sprig: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. sprig: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Sprig (agriculture), Sprig: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Sprig: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. sprig: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. sprig: Rhymezone
  20. Sprig: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. sprig: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. sprig: FreeDictionary.org
  23. sprig: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. sprig: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. sprig: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Epicurus.com Spanish Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sprig: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SPRIG: Acronym Finder

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sprig: Botanical Name listing of Plants
  2. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. sprig, sprig: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. sprig: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Sprig: Pottery Studio
  2. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See sprigged as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray.
noun:  An ornament resembling a small shoot or twig.
noun:  One of the separate pieces of lace fastened on a ground in applique lace.
noun:  (humorous, sometimes mildly derogatory) A youth; a lad.
noun:  A brad, or nail without a head.
noun:  A small eyebolt ragged or barbed at the point.
noun:  A house sparrow.
verb:  To decorate with sprigs, or with representations of sprigs, as in embroidery or pottery.
verb:  To nail the sole onto a shoe.

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