bourgeon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb produce buds, branches, or germinate
    shoot; sprout; spud; pullulate; burgeon forth; germinate.
    • the potatoes sprouted

WordNet

Bour"geon intransitive verb
Etymology
OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan to raise.
Definitions
  1. To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch.
    Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913