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burgeon

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Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (intransitive)
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bur=geon

CIDE DICTIONARY

burgeonv. i. 
     To bud. See Bourgeon.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

burgeon, v. & n. literary
--v.intr.
1 begin to grow rapidly; flourish.
2 put forth young shoots; bud.
--n. a bud or young shoot.

Etymology
ME f. OF bor-, burjon ult. f. LL burra wool

THESAURUS

burgeon

acrospire, augment, bine, bloom, blossom, blow, bough, branch, branchedness, branchiness, brew, bud, build, burst forth, deadwood, develop, effloresce, enlarge, expand, flagellum, flourish, flower, flower bud, fork, frond, gather, gemma, gemmate, gemmula, gemmule, germinate, grow, grow rank, grow up, heighten, hypertrophy, increase, leaf, leaf bud, leaf out, leave, limb, luxuriate, mature, mount, multiply, mushroom, offshoot, outgrow, overdevelop, overgrow, overrun, overtop, plumule, procreate, pullulate, put forth, put forth leaves, put out buds, ramage, ramification, reproduce, riot, root, run up, runner, sarment, scion, shoot, shoot up, slip, snowball, spear, spray, sprig, spring up, sprit, sprout, sprout up, stolon, strike root, sucker, switch, take root, tendril, thallus, thrive, tower, twig, upshoot, upspear, upspring, upsprout, vegetate, wax

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