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BOURGEON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bourgeon mean?
• BOURGEON (verb)
The verb BOURGEON has 1 sense:
1. produce buds, branches, or germinate
Familiarity information: BOURGEON used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud
Context example:
the potatoes sprouted
Hypernyms (to "bourgeon" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Verb group:
germinate (cause to grow or sprout)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
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