Meaning of BOURGEON
| Pronunciation: | | 'burjun
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| | Definition: | | [v] produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants |
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| | Synonyms: | | burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud |
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| | See Also: | | grow | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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