bourgeon

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bourgeon - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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bourgeon - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bourgeon
      v 1: produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes
           sprouted" [syn: shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate,
           bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout]