Bourgeon

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow.   --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bourgeon
       v : produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes
           sprouted" [syn: {shoot}, {spud}, {germinate}, {pullulate},
            {burgeon forth}, {sprout}]