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Definition of Bourgeon
1. Verb. Produce buds, branches, or germinate. "The potatoes sprouted"
Generic synonyms: Grow
Related verbs: Germinate
Derivative terms: Germ, Germination, Pullulation, Shoot, Sprout, Sprout, Sprouting
Definition of Bourgeon
1. v. i. To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.
Definition of Bourgeon
1. to burgeon [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: burgeon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bourgeon
Literary usage of Bourgeon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"When first on trees bourgeon the blossoms soft. lu a metaphorical sense, to swell
and be ready to burst : Fair}'. ..."
2. The Lower Canada Jurist: Collection de Décisions Du Bas Canada by Strachan Bethune, John Sprott Archibald, William Hey, John Stuart Buchan (1872)
"bourgeon. F. Griffin, QC, for respondents. (JLM) SUPERIOR COURT, 1872. MONTREAL,
31ST OCTOBER, 1872. ..."
3. Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Falconer by John Aikin (1843)
"... Gayly to bourgeon, aad broadly to grow ; While every highland glen Sends our
shout back agen, ..."
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