Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
BOURGEON
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
(verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate; “the potatoes sprouted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
bourgeon (third-person singular simple present bourgeons, present participle bourgeoning, simple past and past participle bourgeoned)
Obsolete form of burgeon.
Noun
bourgeon (plural bourgeons)
Obsolete form of burgeon.
Source: Wiktionary
Bour"geon, v. i. Etym: [OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan to raise.]
Definition: To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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