Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bourgeon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bourgeon \Bour"geon\, v. i. [OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to
bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan
to raise.]
To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.
Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. --Sir W.
Scott.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bourgeon
v : produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants [syn: {shoot},
{spud}, {germinate}, {pullulate}, {burgeon forth}, {sprout}]
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