Marines get cooked sprouts (10)

I believe the answer is:

germinates

'sprouts' is the definition.
('germinate' can be a synonym of 'sprout')

'marines get cooked' is the wordplay.
'cooked' is an anagram indicator (letters cooked into a new form).
'marines'+'get'='marinesget'
'marinesget' with letters rearranged gives 'GERMINATES'.

(Another definition for germinates that I've seen is " sprouts".)

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