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   burgeon

   /ˈbəːdʒ(ə)n/

   verb

   • 1. begin to grow or increase rapidly; flourish: "the city's suburbs have burgeoned, sprawling out from the centre"
   • ▪ put forth young shoots; bud.

   noun

   • 1. a bud or young shoot. archaic, literary

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French bourgeonner ‘put out buds’, from borjon ‘bud’, based on late Latin burra ‘wool’.

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